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Judi Lynn

(160,525 posts)
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 05:09 AM Dec 2018

FORMER MAID AT TRUMP GOLF CLUB ASKS FOR ASYLUM AFTER ADMITTING SHE IS UNDOCUMENTED

Source: Newsweek


BY WILL RACKE ON 12/18/18 AT 8:24 PM

The undocumented immigrant who worked as a maid at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey has petitioned for asylum over fears she will face persecution in her home country of Guatemala, her attorney said Tuesday.

Victorina Morales had her first asylum hearing Monday at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Lyndhurst, N.J., according to attorney Anibal Romero.

Morales initially applied for asylum protections in November, weeks before The New York Times published a story about how she used fake documents to get a job at Trump National, where she worked as a housekeeper making President Donald Trump's bed and doing his laundry.

Romero says his client's risk of being a victim of violence in her native Guatemala is even greater now that her story has received worldwide attention.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/former-maid-trump-golf-club-asks-asylum-after-admitting-she-undocumented-1264329?piano_t=1

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FORMER MAID AT TRUMP GOLF CLUB ASKS FOR ASYLUM AFTER ADMITTING SHE IS UNDOCUMENTED (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2018 OP
The KGOP Trump-republican crime family and their rank hypocrisy Achilleaze Dec 2018 #1
What? Melania doesn't do her husband's laundry? llmart Dec 2018 #2
Hope it works out for her. Maxheader Dec 2018 #3
She might be eligible for a T visa Sanity Claws Dec 2018 #4
I used to travel a lot, watoos Dec 2018 #5
Hmmm...one of the "invaders" doing Trump's shit stained underware Bengus81 Dec 2018 #6
She's a brave woman to speak out. Kablooie Dec 2018 #7
I'm sorry; she should have asked for asylum in 1999 MichMan Dec 2018 #8

llmart

(15,536 posts)
2. What? Melania doesn't do her husband's laundry?
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 07:31 AM
Dec 2018

I am so shocked.

All kidding aside, this employee deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor just for having to wash lardass's tightie whities.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
3. Hope it works out for her.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 07:38 AM
Dec 2018

Can't help but wonder how much of an influence this country has on the central american
countries..drug gangs smuggling to americu...using americun made weapons to protect
their turf..

Victorina Morales had her first asylum hearing Monday at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Lyndhurst, N.J., according to attorney Anibal Romero.

Sanity Claws

(21,847 posts)
4. She might be eligible for a T visa
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 07:39 AM
Dec 2018

She said that a manager showed her how to get false documents, knowing she was undocumented. That may be enough. If I were representing her, I'd certainly try that avenue.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. I used to travel a lot,
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 08:31 AM
Dec 2018

I would leave a tip every day on the night stand with a note to the maid.

I wonder if Trump ever did that? My guess is no.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
6. Hmmm...one of the "invaders" doing Trump's shit stained underware
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:07 AM
Dec 2018

Give her the Congressional Medal of honor for that one...........

Kablooie

(18,628 posts)
7. She's a brave woman to speak out.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:33 PM
Dec 2018

And deserves asylum.
You can hear her story on the NY Times Daily Podcast.

MichMan

(11,912 posts)
8. I'm sorry; she should have asked for asylum in 1999
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:31 PM
Dec 2018

She first entered the country in 1999 which was the time to apply for asylum. Article wasn't clear if she used someone elses stolen identify along with the fake documents or not.

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