Politico
By Eliza Collins
January 28, 2016
Rep.
Luis Gutierrez announced on Thursday an ambitious goal to get 1 million
citizens naturalized by May so they can vote against Donald Trump.
Gutierrez’s
first stop on what he calls the “Stand up to hate tour” will be his
home state of Illinois, where he will work with Sen. Dick Durbin
(D-Ill.). The trip will
also include stops in key battleground states like Colorado and Nevada.
The
Illinois Democrat has teamed up with Latino Victory Foundation,
National Partnership for New Americans, Mi Familia Vota, iAmerica Action
and SEIU on a month of action
to get new citizens. The partnership will include more than 100
workshops across the country, and Gutierrez will attend some of them.
“Our
goal is to have 1 million to become new US citizens this year and we’ve
gotta get it done by the end of May, this is realistic,” Gutierrez said
in a press call Thursday,
noting that in a normal year 650,000 people naturalize and this year is
different.
The November presidential election is what sets 2016 apart, he said.
“One
of the main reasons we’re recommending people naturalize now is to
stand up to the hate rhetoric of this political season,” Gutierrez said,
adding that Trump’s rhetoric
about undocumented immigrants wasn’t “making America great; it’s
tearing us down.”
“Get angry but then naturalize, register and vote,” he said.
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