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Congressional Democrats have invited a number of people affected by the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant and anti-asylum policies as their guests at impeached president Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and the asylum-seeker who was photographed clutching her young children as they fled tear gas launched at them by U.S. authorities at the border last year. “Maria’s profound courage and strong love for her children were clear the moment I met her last year at the southern border,” California Rep. Jimmy Gomez said in a statement. “Soon, that strength and resilience will be on full display as she joins me for this year’s State of the Union. As the Trump administration continues to attack our immigrant communities and spread vicious lies about their character, I can’t think of a more critical time in our history to have a brave woman like Maria in the very chamber where the president will deliver his State of the Union address.”