Rep. Luis Gutierrez

Sounds good to me.

Via The Hill:

A key House Democrat on immigration reform is slamming a bipartisan bill that would make it eaiser to deport child immigrants from Central American countries who are crossing the border illegally.

“This is not the middle ground, this is the deportation-only agenda dressed up in sheep’s clothing,” Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) said of the bill introduced by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

“More of the same is not a solution,” he said. […]

Gutierrez argues the proposal would “not help establish democracy and the rule of law in Central America, this will not crackdown on the smugglers, but this will send children back into harm’s way by curtailing basic humanitarian protections enshrined in decades of American law.”

Congress has an important decision to make, Gutierrez said.

“Do we want to create a border with Mexico that rivals the militarization of the border between North and South Korea? Is that our response, to shut out our neighbors and stick our heads in the sand?”

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