Thread by @rebekahentralgo

Here are the members of Congress who are using their SOTU guests to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies: thinkprogress.org/congress-immig…

.@SenJeffMerkley will bring Albertina and Yakelyn Contreras -- a mother and daughter who fled domestic violence in Guatemala and were separated at the U.S. border for 2 months. Tomorrow will be Yakelyn's 12th birthday.

.@RepJimmyGomez & @RepBonnie will bring two formerly undocumented housekeepers at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

.@RepGraceMeng will bring Jin Park -- the first Rhodes Scholar who is also a DREAMer. Park is concerned that he will be unable to re-enter if he leaves the country for his scholarship.

.@Ilhan, the first refugee member of Congress, will bring Linda Clark, a Liberian American. Trump struck down Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) protections for Liberians, affecting 4,000 individuals who have lived in the United States for more than 25 years.

.@RepZoeLofgren will use her guest to bring attention to the impact of the Muslim ban. Her guest will be Shaima Swileh, a Yemeni national who was prohibited from traveling to the U.S. to see her dying son. She ultimately was awarded a waiver and he died shortly after her arrival.

.@SenBrianSchatz will bring Vladir Solera, a delegate of the @RefugeeCongress from the state of Hawaii. Solera is originally from Brazil.

.@RepRoybalAllard will bring Kenia Yaritza Arredondo Ramos, a 30 year old DACA recipient and nursing student attending Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. Roybal-Allard was one of the original co-authors of the DREAM Act

.@RepSylviaGarcia will bring Devani Nallely Gonzalez Barboza, a DACA recipient and substitute teacher in Texas

.@RepDianaDeGette will bring Kennya Lilibeth Sanchez Chavez, a DACA recipient and kindergarten teacher from Denver, Colorado

.@JoaquinCastrotx will bring Carlos Hernandez, a DACA recipient and first-year general engineering student at Texas A&M University currently pursuing his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering

.@RepHankJohnson will bring
Samantha Ramirez Herrera, a DACA recipient and the CEO & Founder, Offtharecord.com

.@RepLouCorrea will bring Marco Villada, a former DACA recipient who was stranded in Mexico for a year after his lawful permanent residence application was wrongfully denied. He now is a paralegal at an immigration law firm working to help others

.@NydiaVelazquez will bring Gerald Michaud, a wheelchair attendant at LaGuardia Airport. He has a son in Cuba who he helps support. He works a total of three jobs

.@repbenraylujan will bring Awn Sian Mung, a former refugee from Myanmar who currently serves as a Lead Case Manager for Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains. Mungsan voted for the first time this past November.

.@RepEspaillat will bring Yeni Gonzales, a Guatemalan mother who was separated from her three children over the summer time.com/5346538/yeni-g…

.@RepEscobar will bring Senaida Navar, an immigration activist & professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. Navar comes from a mixed status family with 2 DACA recipient sisters and 2 U.S. citizen sisters. Their dad was deported after having lived in the U.S. for 20 years

.@AyannaPressley will bring Estefany Pineda, a Dreamer and scholarship recipient attending @UMassBoston