Making a statement: Immigrants get invited to Trump’s speech to Congress
Update: 2017-02-25
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Lawmakers typically get one guest ticket apiece for presidential addresses, as they will for Tuesday’s prime-time speech. Although often the invites often go to family, friends or someone from back home, to send a message to Trump, Democrats have invited the Iraqi-American doctor who discovered elevated levels of lead in the blood of many children living in Flint, Mich.; a Pakistani-born doctor who delivers critical care to patients in Rhode Island and an American-born daughter of Palestinian refugees who aids people like her family in their quest to come to the United States.Soon after taking office, Trump issued an executive order temporarily banning all entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority nations and pausing the entire U.S. refugee program. The order, which has been blocked by a federal appeals court, sparked worldwide confusion about who was covered by the edict.
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