Rep. Gutierrez Reacts To Supreme Court Ruling On Immigration

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jun 25, 2012 5:40PM

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) spoke out against the Supreme Court decision to uphold a provision in Arizona's controversial immigration law that allows police to request any individual to prove their immigration status if they have a "reasonable suspicion" to do so. Gutierrez told NBC it is "a sad day for civil rights" and "we shouldn't use racial profiling to do police work."

Gutierrez wrote in a release:

Experience has shown us that police are highly unlikely to stop an individual with the last name of Kennedy or Roberts on suspicion of not being a legal U.S. citizen, but if you are a Gutierrez or Martinez, watch out. The express goal of the authors of Arizona's SB1070 is to target immigrants for harassment and make their lives miserable, and a key tool in that effort was upheld by the Court.

Watch Gutierrez speak with NBC below.

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