ELIZABETH SCHULTE makes the case for international solidarity and the need for a socialist alternative. JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ grew up an orphan on the streets in Guatemala before he came to the U.S. in 1997. That year, he was detained and later released by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. In 2002, he became a Marine. A year later, he was one of the first soldiers to die in Iraq. Only then was he awarded his U.S. citizenship. The story of José Gutiérrez underlines the rank hypocrisy of all the talk about so-called “illegal” immigration. If you want to cross the border...
