On immigration debates, 1954 gunfire on the U.S. House floor

Jack E. Kemp

The Breitbart website reports the following about the State of the Union speech:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/12/Illinois-Democra...

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) will be attending Tuesday's State of the Union address with Gabino Sanchez, an illegal immigrant who has received, according to Gutierrez's office, "multiple misdemeanor charges for driving without a license by local police over the past ten years."

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I hope Ted Nugent makes a citizens arrest of Gabino Sanchez.

As long as this speech will be delivered in the U.S. House Chamber, did you readers know that some terrorists shot U.S. Representatives on the floor of the House as they debated an immigration bill in 1954 - and they were later pardoned by Jimmy Carter? It's a piece of forgotten history that needs to be resurrected to give us perspective on the Democrats and anarchy.

From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_shooting_inciden...

The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists; they shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol. They wanted to highlight the struggle for independence from US rule.

The Nationalists: Lolita Lebrón(d), Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodríguez(d), unfurled a Puerto Rican flag and began shooting at the 240 Representatives of the 83rd Congress, who were debating an immigration bill. Five Representatives were wounded, one seriously, but all recovered. The Nationalists were arrested, tried and convicted in federal court, and given long sentences, effectively life imprisonment. In 1978 and 1979, they were pardoned by President Jimmy Carter; all four returned to Puerto Rico.

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Two of these terrorists have died. Frankly, I'm surprised that Congressman Gutierrez didn't invite the two remaining ones to attend the SOTU speech this Tuesday night. Well, they probably would have declined anyway.

By the way, there is a library in Chicago named in "honor" of one of the would-be assassins, Andres Figueroa Cordero. I kid you not.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/PRCClibrarycatalog

Dedicated in 1979 by the Puerto Rican national poet and revolutionary leader Juan Antonio Corretjer, the Andrés Figueroa Cordero Library has become a source for many Chicago-area students researching the Puerto Rican reality.
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Yes, what an inspiration to our young people, particularly in the city of Chicago with its record on non-violence.

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Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on February 14, 2013 at 11:55am: Don,

The problem is that Gutierrez is from a district composed of primarily Democrats and Hispanics. It is virtually impossible to vote him out--meaning we're stuck with him for life (as is the case with many other Congressmen and Senators). So, barring him committing an impeachable crime--assuming our party would have enough stones to follow through on this--or dying, we're stuck with him.

This really illustrates the need for term limits. I can't think of three worse Congressmen than Gutierrez, Bobby Rush (a former Black Panther), or that nutcase from Texas who thinks astronauts landed on Mars . . . !

--Frank Nitty

Comment by Don Johnson on February 13, 2013 at 11:06pm: WHY DOES THIS "NOT" SURPRISE ME ? IT SEEMS THAT THE LONGER I LIVE, EVEN AFTER MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCES IN THE ARMY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, ABOUT THE TIME I "THINK" I HAVE HEARD AND SEEN IT ALL, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE !

THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE A CHOICE TO EITHER LET THIS KIND OF TRASH CONTINUE IN OFFICE, OR THROW THEM INTO THE STREET AND LET THE REST OF THE RAT'S HAVE THEIR WAY WITH THEM !****THE RAT'S NEED FOOD, DON'T THEY ?

Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on February 13, 2013 at 1:43pm: Gabino Sanchez is a saint compared to other illegals. How about the one who was deported in 2003, came back in, and raped and killed a girl in Maryland? Or the ones who shot and killed the rancher in Arizona or the Border Patrol Agent who was killed by some of Eric Holder's "Fast & Furious" pals? And Gutierrez is a total left-wing whack job. Democrats will always be Democrats. Anyone know why Jimmy "Fail" Carter pardoned the shooters?

Comment by Ronald Sorrells on February 13, 2013 at 10:28am: Billy B:

I have been to Plains.........I believe you are right...they all talk, walk and look alike (-:) It is eatin dem damn goobers all the time (boiled, parched, fried) !

Semper Fi,

Ron

Comment by Brenda Choate on February 13, 2013 at 10:04am: So, A dem Luis Guterrez felt it necessary to plead the illegal immigrant cause by bring Gavino Sanchez. Sanchez has a ten year record of misdemeanor charges of driving without a license. Instead of applauding this, Sanchez should have been detained for deportation and Guterrez for aiding and abetting. Nothing like the dems shoving our faces in it. Look at me, I stand for the poor misused illegal alien who breaks our laws.

Comment by Billy Bowlegs on February 13, 2013 at 8:39am: Jese, 4 responses and no one put JIMMY OBOZO together.

Did you folks know that JIMMY and OBOZO were twins. I have been told that down in PLAINS GEORGIA that all the DNA is the same.

Comment by Ronald Sorrells on February 13, 2013 at 8:32am: It is a wonder that Jimmy did not give them a pension for "time served" in el prisono !

Ron

Comment by Ronald Sorrells on February 13, 2013 at 8:30am: "Rude Behavior.....I will not tolerate it" ! Captain Woodrow Call, Texas Rangers

Comment by Linda Stewart on February 13, 2013 at 7:13am: Jimmy Carter should have finished their sentences for them.

Comment by Debrajoe Smith-Beatty on February 13, 2013 at 7:06am: Thanks for the reminder.