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Rep. Gutierrez: Immigration reform chances over

By Erica Werner
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Senate passed a sweeping immigration bill, a leading backer in the House declared Wednesday that legislative efforts on the issue are dead.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, long one of the most bullish Democrats about the chances for action in the GOP-led House, took to the House floor to announce that he’d officially given up.

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