Video - Top Latino congressman endorses Hillary Clinton

Luis Gutiérrez, a congressman who has represented Illinois since 1993, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in a Univision opinion editorial published Monday. Gutiérrez, one of the most outspoken congressmen on immigration reform, will introduce Clinton at the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Brooklyn on Monday, making his endorsement of the Democratic front-runner official. "Hillary is with the Latina community and I am with her," Gutiérrez wrote in a translation of the Spanish-language opinion piece. "She will do what is best for Latinos and all Americans. Hillary is poised to propel the country forward, and I'm proud to be with her." Gutiérrez heralds Clinton in the piece for meeting with DREAMERers, the children of undocumented immigrants, and for her pledge to go further on immigration than President Barack Obama. The congressman is expected to echo this praise at Monday's event. Clinton is expected to outline her immigration platform at the gathering that brings together over 1,000 immigration activists from across the country. The former secretary of state has made immigration reform a central part of her campaign for president. She met with DREAMers in May in Las Vegas and promised a roundtable of immigration activists and stakeholders that she would work for "a path to full and equal citizenship" as president. "This is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side," she said. "Make no mistake, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. When they talk about legal status, that is code for second class status." Gutiérrez stood by his state's senator in 2008, endorsing then-Sen. Obama and stumping for him throughout the campaign against Clinton.