mr. gutierrez: absolutely to you, sir. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, since 1983, tens of thousands of students have participated in the congress youth exchange, or cybx, program with germany. this program allows young professionals from both the united states and germany to spend a year abroad to intern and study different cultures while living with a host family. during their experience, students from both countries develop a better understanding of foreign cultures expand their knowledge and leadership potential exponentially. this fellowship provides extensive language training, strong courses of study at foreign universities and the opportunity to be fully immersed in another culture, thereby, culminating in a very unique experience. members of the german hold this program in especially high esteem as they hand select their nominees and build very strong personal relationships with them. while members of the united

mr. gutierrez, for 2 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. gutierrez: just a would you weeks into his campaign and donald trump has a bill on the floor of the house. that is better than some of the senators he's running against. donald trump announces his campaign saying mexican immigrants are mostly murders, drug dealers and rapists what is the response from -- murderers, drug dealers and rapists and what is the response? some try to distance themselves from his comments. ok. but here we are on the floor of the house passing a bill to jump on the trump bandwagon, cynically exploiting a family's tragedy in san francisco to score political points. i have been very clear from day one, despite efforts by heardlines efforts, this lopez sanchez, who pulls a trigger in san francisco should have been deported and never turned over. i have no sympathy for him and i said on this floor and i will say it again murderers should rot in hell. the breakdown by the fede

mr. gutierrez has never supported any fix to the immigration system that would solve these problems. he's wanted to enable sanctuary cities. he's perfectly fine with the obama administration releasing tens of thousands of criminals every year back on to our streets. he doesn't -- >> okay. >> he thinks the answer is a mass amnesty, which is going to let all the people stay here are criminals. >> did he fiwe find out why it t okay to honor a federal detainer warrant? >> the excuse, i should say, that is given by people who want to obstruct immigration enforcement is if they cooperate with the feds, immigrants will stop reporting crimes. it's a complete myth. it is really something that they have created to give them some reason that they -- >> jessica, there's something called a "u" visa. if you're convicted of a crime, you get preferential treatment. do these sanctuary cities actually increase the likelihood of illegals reporting crime? >> no, absolutely not. immigrants can report crimes on anonymous tip lines. there's plenty of community outreach that police departments do nowadays.

mr. gutierrez has never supported any fix to the immigration system that would solve these problems. he's wanted to enable sanctuary cities. he's perfectly fine with the obama administration releasing tens of thousands of criminals every year back on to our streets. he doesn't -- >> okay. >> he thinks the answer is a mass amnesty, which is going to let all the people stay here are criminals. >> did he fiwe find out why it t okay to honor a federal detainer warrant? >> the excuse, i should say, that is given by people who want to obstruct immigration enforcement is if they cooperate with the feds, immigrants will stop reporting crimes. it's a complete myth. it is really something that they have created to give them some >> jessica, there's something called a "u" visa. if you're convicted of a crime, you get preferential treatment. do these sanctuary cities actually increase the likelihood of illegals reporting crime? >> no, absolutely not. immigrants can report crimes on anonymous tip lines. there's plenty of community outreach that police departments do nowadays. crime reporting is a

mr. gutierrez, being closing reflections he might have and i want to, at the chairman's request, mention a few matters. >> thank you, mr. gowdy, for your excellent presiding over these hearings. one of the reasons mr. secretary one of us always stays behind as part of the minority, to protect the interest of the minorities. in this case, yours. it was totally unnecessarily, as you can see. the chairman is very well balanced. and even handed and everything. i want to, just for the record, because i think it's very important, i want to say to you, mr. gowdy, i share with you the same anguish and pain as i know the secretary does and every american for the death of that woman, and nobody has come here to look for excuses or anything else. that woman should be alive. that woman should be enjoying life in the united states of america. mr. lopez never should have been allowed on the streets of our nation again. i think it is important we have the facts straight. that our system does work, and sometimes it fails us. he was sentenced 83 months, 51 months, 21 months, 46 months. four consecutive ti

mr. gutierrez for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: yesterday, i spoke about puerto rico's debt crisis and how there must be a sense of urgency because without action bondholders will be pay but teachers, cops and nurses won't. i want to continue today make two points. let's not let the bondholders bleed puerto rico at a discount. number two, let's work together what unites us not what divides us. because the only way we will make any progress is if the people of puerto rico will come together and make a plan and demand that the united states will work with puerto rico on puerto rico's plan. without consistent pressure from puerto rico, washington will do nothing, as both the administration and the congress are content to let the bondholders on wall street call the tune. we all know washington should start with h.r. 870, the bankruptcy bill. it is simply a bill that will allow puerto rico to declare bankruptcy and restructure its debt within the u.s. legal system. this would allow an orderly and fair restructure of the debt i

mr. gutierrez, for 2 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. gutierrez: just a would you weeks into his campaign and donald trump has a bill on the floor of the house. that is better than some of the senators he's running against. donald trump announces his campaign saying mexican immigrants are mostly murders, drug dealers and rapists what is the response from -- murderers, drug dealers and rapists and what is the response? some try to distance themselves from his comments. ok. but here we are on the floor of the house passing a bill to jump on the trump bandwagon, cynically exploiting a family's tragedy in san francisco to score political points. i have been very clear from day one, despite efforts by heardlines efforts, this lopez sanchez, who pulls a trigger in san francisco should have been deported and never turned over. i have no sympathy for him and i said on this floor and i will say it again murderers should rot in hell. the breakdown by the fede

mr. gutierrez. rep. gutierrez: welcome. i'm happy to have you in front of the community. i think the gentlemen just missed on the issue. not all jurisdictions call themselves section where cities. it is a political term. some people appropriate and others don't. but it is clear that a federal district court in oregon ruled that a county violated the fourth the moment rights to be free from unreasonable seizure by keeping the person in custody based on nothing more than an ice detainer. that is a federal court that made that determination. not the secretary of homeland security. a federal circuit court ruled that because ice detainers are not mandatory but not voluntary, with all respect to the gentleman from texas, that is what a federal court said. voluntary law enforcement agencies are to follow these. that is exactly what we're doing. instead of having the secretary of homeland security here asking him, how many people have you tied to dissuade, the federal court has said that the detainers are a violation and are not enforceable. regardless of what we hear believe the

mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: for the record, i'm not mexican, i'm not an immigrant. given the rhetoric of one of the leading republican candidates for president, it's important to point that out at the start before i'm accused of being a criminal, a drug dealer or a rapist. to be fair, donald trump didn't say all latinos or mexicans are rapists. just the vast majority of mexicans immigrants are drug dealers or rapist. mexican immigrants working in the united states, it should be the owner of hotels. but he is not basing this on personal knowledge. trump says that most of the women coming from central america to the u.s. through mexico and other countries report being sexually assaulted. on this point, he and i have some agreement. women and children at the lowest wrung of our economic and social ladder are incredibly vulnerable to sexual assault and rape, but from saying most undocumented women are vulnerable to assault and saying most undocumented men are rapists is, as he might say himself, huge. the documentary on pbs "front line," "rape in the fields" was a power

mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker a few weeks ago i was on the h.b.o. show real time with mill maher on friday night and had a chance to talk with ann cowl ter. as you might have guest guessed i don't have my speed dial. it was several days after donald trump was running for president. when it was my turn i told mrs. colter what they were saying about mexican immigrants would serve as a vote rergestration machine to turn grow charge the imgrapt community because of their particularly mean and frankly, let's be honest, racist attacks on mexican immigrants. it was particularly important that i was in california for the show because i was watching the republican party make exactly the same mistake it made in the 1990's when it lost control of the politics in california. by supporting extreme anti-immigrant policies, it kicked kids out of school and cut off families from being part of our society. california went from a purple state that had given the republican party important leaders like richard nixon and ronald reagan and just a few years was transforme

gutierrez, thank you so much for that reporting. joining me now by phone is the board member of the islamic society for greater chattanooga. mr. issa i imagine you're reeling in shock at this as well? >> yes, we are. terrible shock. we as americans, as tennesseeans, as muslims of chattanooga, we are totally shocked, in full disbelief. we strongly condemn this heinous act and powerless act, and we reach out to the families of our beloved marines. they're our sons too. we probably see them in the streets all the time and we do feel this as our own loss and we are very very furious for what happened. >> i know, mr. issa that you've conducted a lot of tremendous interfaith work down there

mr. gutierrez. >> welcome secretary. happy to have you back. of all i thank the gentleman did misspeak on the issue. not all jurisdictions call himself a sanctuary cities. political term political term of art. some people appropriate and others don't. but it is clear that a federal district court from oregon ruled a county violate a person's fourth amendment right to be free from unreasoning seizure by keeping a person in custody is a nothing more than -- that's a federal court that made that determination. not the secretary of homeland security. a federal circuit court, the third circuit ruled because details are not mandatory to volunteer with all due respect to the gentleman from texas and the law they passed in 1996. that's what a federal court said. ballinger law enforcement agents are free to disregard the. that is exactly what we are doing. second homeland security asking him how many people have you tried to dissuade? that federal courts have said that the detainer's are a violation and are not enforceable. regardless of what we hear be

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gutierrez, thank you so much for that reporting. joining me now by phone is the board member of the islamic society for greater chattanooga. mr. issa, i imagine you're reeling in shock at this as well? >> yes, we are. terrible shock. we as americans, as tennesseeans, as muslims of chattanooga, we are totally shocked, in full disbelief. we strongly condemn this heinous act and powerless act, and we reach out to the families of our beloved marines. they're our sons too. we probably see them in the streets all the time, and we do feel this as our own loss and we are very, very furious for what happened. >> i know, mr. issa, that you've conducted a lot of tremendous interfaith work down there through the society in sort of reaching across different kind of religious lines. chattanooga -- how do you see chattanooga reacting to this as the sort of facts come to be known? >> chattanooga is our city. most of us have been living here for tens of years. i personally have been living here for 41 years, since i was young, 19 years old. and chattanooga has been exemplary. chattanoogans have helped us out through the process when we built t

gutierrez, thank you so much for that reporting. joining me now by phone is the board member of the islamic society for greater chattanooga. mr. issa, i imagine you're reeling in shock at this as well? >> yes, we are. terrible shock. we as americans, as tennesseeans, as muslims of chattanooga, we are totally shocked, in full disbelief. a shootout with police. still unclear if he killed himself. he is a naturalized you a citizen from kuwait. let's take a listen to this news conference. >> please respect our inability to answer some of your questions questions. otherwise, we will explain what we can. i would ask the general public him if you are contacted by the law enforcement agencies or the f he i please cooperate. if you think you have information that might assist this information these call the f he i, and they will deal with that accordingly. otherwise, this as far as we know, at this juncture to mo theremo there are no safety concerns for the general public. with that being said, i turned it over to governor bill haslem donovan or of tennessee. >> thank you, sir. chattanooga is a great city with a broken heart tonight. i