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octoberlib

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:09 PM Jan 2019

Undocumented worker who was fired by Trump Organization to attend State of the Union

An undocumented worker who was fired from the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., after she publicly disclosed her immigration status will attend President Trump’s State of the Union address next week.

Victorina Morales, who was born in Guatemala, will be a guest of Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat, when the president speaks to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Watson Coleman’s office confirmed the decision Wednesday.

The choice to invite Morales follows news stories about the Trump Organization’s failure to fully check the work status of all its employees, even as Trump described illegal immigration as a national crisis and demanded funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The Post reported Saturday that about a dozen undocumented workers were fired this month from the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y. Eric Trump said Tuesday that the company will implement E-Verify, a federal program that vets workers’ immigration status, across all of its properties.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/undocumented-worker-fired-from-trump-organization-to-attend-state-of-the-union/2019/01/30/635de4ae-24bf-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?utm_term=.35db75370847

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Undocumented worker who was fired by Trump Organization to attend State of the Union (Original Post) octoberlib Jan 2019 OP
kinda shows the hypocrisy of "WALL", eh? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #1
Couldn't ICE arrest her there? awesomerwb1 Jan 2019 #2
Wouldn't surprise me at all if Stephen Miller had her arrested on live TV. octoberlib Jan 2019 #3
Good move. (nt) klook Jan 2019 #4
Up yours dotard Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #5
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