Democrat Representative Luis Gutierrez has been vehemently on the side of amnesty for illegals in America, and he went out of his way to give a message in Spanish reserved for the Hispanic community while his English comments were much less critical.
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National Review’s Andrew Johnson offered this translation of the comments, which seems accurate to me:
They know he’s going to act soon — they want to maintain this crisis to condemn our community, a community without rights for our kids at this moment, our DREAMers, and for millions of others that the president has said he wants to help. That’s what they want. They want to punish our community, and that punishment will be met with an electoral punishment. Be assured that we are not going to forget the mistreatment our community has received.
Here are the comments in their original Spanish:
Ellos saben que él va a actuar pronto — ellos quieren mantener esta crisis para condenar a nuestra comunidad, una comunidad sin derechos para nuestros niños en este momento, nuestros soñadores, y para millones de otros que el presidente ha dicho que él quiere ayudar. Eso es que ellos quieren. Quieren castigar nuestra comunidad, y ese castigo va a ser recibido con un castigo electoral. Asegúrense que nosotros no nos vamos a olvidar del maltrato que nuestra comunidad ha recibido.
Gutierrez makes it seem as if Republicans are targeting all Spanish-speakers, instead of just those who are here illegally. He also says that Republicans know Obama will act soon, which seems to refer to the rumor that Obama will give out worker permits to legalize the immigrants illegally here.