Carlos Gutierrez

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American Action Network to begin major amnesty push; "350,000" activists (Carlos Gutierrez, Malek, Coleman) - 03/01/13

... featuring former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez urging voters to support fixing "a broken system." It is branded as a message from the Hispanic Leadership Network, an arm of AAN that has spent several years reaching out to Hispanic voters from the right. ...The Gutierrez commercial will run nationally in both English and Spanish, on programs including ABC's "This Week," "Fox News Sunday"...

Gary Locke, Carlos Gutierrez mislead; support braindraining the world with skilled immigration - 07/17/11

... Gary Locke and his predecessor Carlos Gutierrez offer the editorial "Building competitiveness through immigration reform" [1]. It argues for massive skilled immigration, some form of start up visas, and "strengthening" the H1B program (which undoubtedly means increasing the current limits). In case anyone needs reminding (and obviously some do), all of this occurs as millions of Americans are...

Obama meets with "stakeholders" for amnesty propaganda push ("immigration reform") - 04/19/11

... Angeles City Council President * Carlos Gutierrez, Former Secretary of the Commerce Department * Raymond Kelly, Commissioner, New York City Police Department * Mel Martinez, Former United States Senator, now with JPMorgan Chase Bank * Greg Page, Chairman and CEO of Cargill * Federico Pena, Former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy * John Podesta, CEO, Center for American...

NCLR letter for DREAM Act misleads (Richardson, Villaraigosa, Linda Chavez, Lionel Sosa) - 12/16/10

... numbers of low-wage workers) * Carlos Gutierrez (George W Bush Commerce Secretary who promoted amnesty while in office; see his name's link for much more) * Lionel Sosa (wanted to and may have taken money from the Mexican government to promote amnesty inside the U.S.) * Henry Cisneros (see the other letter he signed on to at the link) * Maria Contreras-Sweet (affiliated with Promerica Bank) *...

Obama, McCain, Clinton at LULAC convention (illegal immigration supporters; reconquista quote) - 07/07/08

... attending include Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. Their president Rosa Rosales says: "We are at a turning point for both Latinos and our country's leadership. This is the Latino summer." On an ominous note, they want to increase the numbers of Latinos working for the federal government. While that might initially seem to be a worthy goal, their actual goal is...

Mary Peters, Carlos Gutierrez, Mexican official team up to promote Mexican trucks in U.S. - 10/18/07

... Peters and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez] held a news conference with Mexico's transportation secretary [Luis Tellez] yesterday to respond to criticism of a program allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads, but critics in Congress who helped pass counter-legislation are unmoved... ...By overwhelming margins, the Senate and the House adopted identical amendments into the Transportation/HUD...

Carlos Gutierrez, Larry Craig get plaques from American Nursery and Landscape Association - 07/30/07

... addressed. United States Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez [shown right receiving a plaque "in thanks for his work to secure comprehensive immigration reform"] [1] and Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) [also got his own plaque] both addressed the attendees, encouraging them to maintain their efforts to achieve a necessary solution for securing a viable workforce for our country's agricultural...

Is immigration reform an elaborate practical joke? (Chertoff USA Today interview) - 05/29/07

... Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. After reading it, I know three things: a) there were no doubt tougher, less Soviet interviews in Izvestia, b) neither Chertoff nor Gutierrez are inhabiting the same universe as the rest of us (possible name of their universe: rubegoldbergia), and c) their scheme would be a bigger debacle than Iraq and Katrina multiplied together. First, it's...

Chertoff: won't do job; going after bloggers; will stage show raids to inflame left - 05/24/07

... suspicions. [Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says:] "The reality is, we don't have enough people," said Gutierrez, adding that many of the USA's economic competitors, such as France, Germany, Japan and China, will be facing a similar demographic shift. "The big challenge of the 21st century is: Who gets the people? Who gets the immigrants?" he said. "We don't appreciate today that these...

Senate immigration amnesty bill: the supporters - 05/21/07

... his job) * [Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says] "I have the impression that perhaps for some people, the only thing that would not be amnesty is mass deportation... We don't think that's practical, we don't think that's logical, we don't think that's humane and that would hurt our economy. So it's not amnesty." * [Sen. Lindsey Graham says (ibid)] "To my colleagues who have come on the...

Commerce chief defends raids - 03/31/07

Secretary calls for reform - 03/31/07

White House's "tough cop" amnesty scheme (the "infinitely renewable Z visa") - 03/28/07

... is probably Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who's a named source in the LAT article (below). As described by several officials, the proposal would allow currently illegal immigrants to stay in the United States under a new Z visa. They could apply for so-called green cards [legal permanent resident status], taking their place in line alongside men and women who are in the country legally...

Why the Bush administration's immigration plans are nuts, Part #439592 - 03/01/07

... illegally. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff stopped short, however, of endorsing a plan to give illegal immigrants a chance at citizenship. "I believe what people want first and foremost is to have legal status," Gutierrez said. "I don't think everyone wants to be a citizen." Well, it's good that he doesn't "think" that. Of course, we can...

Sen. Patrick Leahy begins comprehensive immigration "reform" hearings - 02/28/07

... Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. At the hearing, Leahy pressed the Bush Administration officials for firm and clear commitments from them to work with Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. Trust me: they're on board, not doing their stated jobs just as hard as they can. "Finding help on the...

Secret NAU meeting in Canada - 09/20/06

... June 15, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Mexican Economy Minister Sergio Garcia de Alba and Canadian Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier joined North American business leaders to launch the North American Competitiveness Council. It was a major development that showed the March 2005 meeting was no fluke – and that the plans announced by the three national leaders then were continuing...

North American Union scheme proceeding on schedule - 09/08/06

... Condi Rice, Michael Chertoff, and Carlos Gutierrez (Commerce) has received notice of the progress being made: whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060907-9.html

Commerce's Carlos Gutierrez offers incompetent immigration advice - 08/01/06

Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez recently pimped "comprehensive" immigration "reform" in Louisville and offered some incompetent immigration advice: Countries such as Germany, Japan and China are facing future population declines, and are using immigration as a way to fill jobs and maintain their economies, he said. The U.S. "can stand out from the past" by doing a better job with immigration...

Rep. Mike Rogers wants info on SPP from Commerce Department - 07/20/06

... July 11 to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez requesting detailed disclosure of working groups in the Security and Prosperity Partnership office within his department... He forwarded a letter from a constituent containing several good, detailed questions on their scheme. The questions are at the link.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez pimps illegal immigration - 07/13/06

... and 4: U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said the U.S. needs immigrants to meet the employment needs of a growing economy and urged Congress to approve immigration legislation that includes a temporary-worker program. Gutierrez said there were 4.1 million U.S. job openings in May, many in the hospitality industry, that immigrants are needed to fill because Americans can't or won't do...