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When President Trump looks out onto the House gallery Tuesday evening while delivering his second State of the Union address, California Democrats hope he’ll see faces that embody their opposition to his agenda. Many in California’s newly expanded delegation of House Democrats are using their invitations to cement the state’s place in the resistance. The guests invited to see the president’s speech include Californians who have been affected by Trump’s policies: so-called Dreamers and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients, furloughed federal workers and active duty transgender members of the military. One Los Angeles member of Congress, Jimmy Gomez, has invited Costa Rican immigrant Sandra Diaz, who worked for the president as a housekeeper while living in the United States illegally. The guest list also includes at least eight Dreamers or DACA recipients who have been in legal limbo since Trump decided to end Obama-era deportation protections last year.

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