{"id":9134,"date":"2015-06-16T15:52:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=9134"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:15:12","slug":"luis-gutierrez-is-not-feeling-the-love-for-illegal-aliens-from-bernie-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/06\/16\/luis-gutierrez-is-not-feeling-the-love-for-illegal-aliens-from-bernie-sanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Gutierrez is Not Feeling the Love for Illegal Aliens from Bernie Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"243893068_e650365ad4_o\"Make no mistake about it, Sen. Bernie Sanders supports amnesty<\/a> for illegal aliens. But that\u2019s not enough for strident open borders advocates like Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) who accused the Vermont Independent, currently seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, of not liking immigrants.<\/p>\n

Sanders was making a campaign swing through Iowa, where he has been delivering a stump speech focusing on the economy and jobs. Sanders didn\u2019t have much to say about immigration in his speech \u2013 or more specifically amnesty for illegal aliens \u2013 which led Gutierrez to speculate<\/a> about whether, \u201cthe socialist\u2014I can\u2019t remember his name\u2014from Vermont…likes immigrants because he doesn\u2019t seem to talk about immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the increasingly belligerent open immigration lobby<\/a>, the \u201canti-immigrant\u201d epithet is no longer reserved for those who have the audacity to suggest that our laws actually be enforced. It can now be applied to those who do not show sufficient deference to illegal aliens on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez, it should be noted, is backing Hillary Clinton for the nomination. That would be the Hillary Clinton who, in 2003 on a New York radio station said<\/a>, \u201cI am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants\u2026and people have to stop employing illegal immigrants,\u201d but who more recently (in an apparent attempt to pander to Democratic Party\u2019s left-leaning nominating base) doubled down on granting amnesty through executive action, promising to \u201cgo a step further\u201d<\/a> than what President Obama has tried.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez is probably still reeling from Sanders past record on immigration issues. Surely the Chicago congressman knew that back in 2007 Sanders not only voted against President Bush\u2019s massive amnesty and guest worker bill\u2013 but the Vermont populist gave one of the most impassioned speeches<\/a> on the Senate floor detailing the grievous harm the legislation would inflict on working Americans. But after voting against the 2007 bill, Sanders voted for the 2013 Gang of Eight bill that included many of the same guest worker provisions.<\/p>\n

But for Gutierrez and the narcissistic illegal alien lobby<\/a> none of that matters. Unless you\u2019re entirely focused on them and their demands, you must not like immigrants.