Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez speaks with Michel Martin (NPR’s Tell Me More) about his political journey, the fight for immigration reform, and his new memoir Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill. [Also see previous post New Book and Presentation: Luis V. Gutiérrez’s “Still Dreaming—My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill”.]
Opening the book with his house burning down in the 1980s – when he began his career as an activist – because someone threw a brick and Molotov Cocktail through his window. Nobody was arrested, but Gutierrez suspected it might have been political rivals in Chicago.