PI Original Josh Kalven Thursday November 20th, 2008, 11:33am

IL Immigrants Tell Stories Of Broken Families

Last Saturday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez held an event at a church on Chicago's West Side to highlight "the tragic, personal stories of countless U.S. citizens from Chicago and beyond whose families have been torn apart by an immigration system that values quotas over families...

Last Saturday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez held an event at a church on Chicago's West Side to highlight "the tragic, personal stories of countless U.S. citizens from Chicago and beyond whose families have been torn apart by an immigration system that values quotas over families."  Gutierrez spoke at length about the importance of comprehensive immigration form and the need to pressure incoming President Barack Obama to follow through on his pledges to pass such legislation.  He denounced the ongoing immigration raids nationwide and introduced members of four different Chicagoland families, who described how their husbands or wives had been detained or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Watch:

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