It is important to remember the name of Marine Lance Corporal José Gutiérrez who came to the U. S. from Guatemala as an undocumented teenager, whose parents died in the Guatemalan civil war, who lived on the streets as an orphan before coming to the U. S., who attended high school and community college, and joined the marines in hopes of obtaining funds to further his education and to help his sister in Guatemala. Jose Gutierrez was the first U.S. serviceman killed in combat in Iraq on March 21, 2003. Continue reading →