Immigration Bill Could Be Introduced By December
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Friday for Congress to consider an overhaul of immigration law early next year, a move that could ...
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Friday for Congress to consider an overhaul of immigration law early next year, a move that could ...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn has landed the backing of eight-term Congressman and immigration rights champion Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the latest in a series of endorse...
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago
Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is set to receive the endorsement today of Illinois' highest-ranking Hispanic elected official, U.S. Rep. L...
Frank Sharry | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
Republican politicians have been guilty of using immigrants as a wedge issue for so long that they are in real danger of sacrificing their future with Latino, minority, and swing voters.
ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
For the third day in a row, President Obama came under fire from a Chicago Democrat who was the first Latino member of Congress to endorse him for pre...
ABC News | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
President Obama was blasted by a top Latino ally on Monday for modifying his health-care plan in the face of conservative criticism. The criticism ...
Joshua Hoyt | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago
Although President Obama speaks passionately about the need for comprehensive immigration reform, actions speak louder than words. Here are nine powerful actions that will press to get reform done.
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago
I'm not a fan of pandering for pandering's sake, but someone addressing you with words they're unfamiliar and maybe a little uncomfortable with shows not only respect, but warmth.
AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Seven members of Illinois' congressional delegation are joining immigrant rights activists in pushing President Barack Obama for immig...
Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 08.03.2009 | Chicago
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Chicago) is taking some heat for accepting campaign contributions from payday lenders. That's because he's playing a leading r...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business
Three Democratic lawmakers want the Federal Reserve to curb charges that banks levy on customers when they make a purchase with a debit card and overd...
CBS2 Chicago | Ed Marshall | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) ― U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-4th) actively fronted for now-indicted real estate developer Calvin Boender, and the relationship led to...
Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI AND DAVE MCKINNEY | Posted 04.28.2009 | Chicago
Four potential candidates for President Obama's vacant Senate seat were each to be targeted for contributions by ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign as...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, chairman of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit subcommittee, portrays himself in press releases as a staunch protecto...
The Hill | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
Hispanic lawmakers are more hopeful than ever that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will end workplace raids by immigration enforcement of...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.
AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago factory where workers staged a sit-in after they were abruptly laid off has filed for bankruptcy. Republic Windows & Doors Inc. chief exe...
Crain's Chicago Business | Robert Herguth | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez said he's taken himself out of the running to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. "The Senate sele...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory. U.S. Rep....
Chicago Tribune | Todd Lighty, Robert Becker and Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago
When U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez was looking to buy in the sizzling Bucktown real estate market, he teamed up with a developer and longtime political don...
Elizabeth Austin | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago
When all your friends read that article in the paper, they may think Milo is turning his back on the people whose hard work and contributions helped to get him elected. That's going to make it tough for him to function as an effective student leader when all this fuss over Barry dies down.
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago
A top aide to Richard Daley said Thursday that the mayor does not recall receiving a 2004 letter from U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who wrote Dal...
Chicago Tribune | Robert Becker, Todd Lighty and Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez personally lobbied Mayor Richard Daley to back a controversial multimillion-dollar development for a campaign contributor wh...
AP | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago
Activists are calling on Barack Obama to fulfill promises to keep immigrant mothers from being separated from their children. That plea came outside ...
Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago
"The surprise failure of the bailout bill yielded a rare totally mixed roll call from the 19-member Illinois House delegation, with the results mirror...
Wall Street Journal | MELANIE TROTTMAN | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics