Think Progress: Members of Congress invite immigrants to State of the Union in rebuke of Trump’s abusive policies

Washington, February 4, 2019

Two other members of Congress, Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), have chosen to invite formerly undocumented employees of President Donald Trump. Gomez, who previously brought an undocumented student to a past the State of Union address, has chosen Sandra Diaz, a Costa Rican immigrant who was a personal housekeeper to the president at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey from 2010 until 2013.

“It’s no small feat for a migrant from Costa Rica to stand up to a bully and hypocrite in the White House,” Gomez said in a statement. “She is living proof that President Trump couldn’t be more wrong — both morally and factually — when he demonizes those who come to America seeking a better life.”

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