Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL-04)
This is just the same stuff on a different day. If you called xenophobia a rose, would it not smell just as foul?
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2017. Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s latest executive actions on Muslims, immigration, refugees and asylum seekers.
This is just the same stuff on a different day. If you called xenophobia a rose, would it not smell just as foul? Our President, who clearly has a hard time distinguishing facts from fiction, is continuing to take us down the wrong road, the road away from security, morality, and prosperity.
As I said in January, the President should have faith in the strength of our own country and the vitality of her citizens and culture. A nation of 300 million people that has blazed a trail for the world for more than 240 years can withstand 50,000 or 100,000 moms, dads and children fleeing for their lives. We always have and we always should.
The poem on the Statue of Liberty says “I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” not “We are scared of you, come back later when we feel better.”
Rep. Gutiérrez is in his 13th term representing the Fourth District of Illinois. He is a Member of the Judiciary Committee and is the Chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Source: http://Gutiérrez.house.gov
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