Six years ago, then-Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez helped craft President Bush’s immigration reform campaign only to watch it die in Congress. Last year, he led Mitt Romney’s outreach to Latinos only to watch the Republican nominee’s “self deportation” plan wreck his hard work. This time, he’s taking the issue into his own hands.On Thursday, Gutierrez held a press conference in Washington, D.C., with a group of leading business, religious, and law enforcement officials announcing a combined effort to pressure lawmakers into backing immigration reform.
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