Dem Rep. Luis Gutierrez Dismisses MS-13 Gang as a Political Distraction

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FAVREAU: "I want to talk about immigration for a second. You've been one of the strongest immigration rights advocates in Congress. You know, you even you criticize President Obama's deportation and detention policies in the past. What concerns you most about this administration's new zero-tolerance policy approach to border enforcement, where children are being separated from their parents?"
GUTIERREZ: "Well here's the strategy of Donald Trump, he beats up on Latinos and immigrants, but it's really a political strategy --"
FAVREAU: "Yeah."
GUTIRREZ: "-- for the fall of 2018 elections, right?"
FAVREAU: "Yeah."
GUTIERREZ: "He's trying to fire up his base. All this talk about MS-13 and border security is a smoke -- smokescreen, right for politics."