Undocumented immigrant fired from Trump's NJ golf club will attend his State of the Union speech
When President Donald Trump takes to the House podium to deliver his State of the Union address next week, a familiar face will observe him from the audience.
Victorina Morales, a Guatemalan immigrant who was fired from Trump's golf club in New Jersey after revealing she had worked there illegally for years, will attend the esteemed speech as a guest of Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, her attorney said Wednesday.
"Victorina was sitting next to me and she couldn't believe it," lawyer Anibal Romero told the New York Daily News of when he received the invitation from Watson Coleman's office. "Eight weeks ago she was being abused by her employer, who also happens to be the president of the United States. In a few days, she will be walking into the halls of Congress."
Romero added, "That's why this country is so great."
Watson Coleman, D-N.J., confirmed Morales will be her guest for the Tuesday night speech and took a dig at Trump over the 35-day partial shutdown of the government because Congress refused to fund his long-promised border wall with Mexico.
_ New York Daily News
