Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), currently working on a bipartisan immigration reform bill in the House, praised the RNC for calling on Republicans to abandon their past opposition to such efforts. He noted that it was a major shift from just a year ago, when Mitt Romney espoused a much more hardline position.
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