Miriam Jordan is a national immigration correspondent. She reports from a grassroots perspective on the impact of immigration policy. She has been a reporter in Mexico, Israel, Hong Kong, India and Brazil.
The following are excerpts from Miriam Jordan's December 6, 2018 article headlined "Making President Trump’s Bed: A Housekeeper Without Papers" with the subheading "At the president’s New Jersey golf course, an undocumented immigrant has worked as a maid since 2013. She said she never imagined she 'would see such important people close up.'”
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales has made Donald J. Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American flag adorned with a Secret Service logo...
She said she is certain that her employers — perhaps even Mr. Trump — knew of her unlawful status all along.
“I ask myself, is it possible that this señor thinks we have papers? He knows we don’t speak English,” Ms. Morales said. “Why wouldn’t he figure it out?”
The following are excerpts from Miriam Jordan's December 6, 2018 article headlined "Making President Trump’s Bed: A Housekeeper Without Papers" with the subheading "At the president’s New Jersey golf course, an undocumented immigrant has worked as a maid since 2013. She said she never imagined she 'would see such important people close up.'”
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales has made Donald J. Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American flag adorned with a Secret Service logo...
She said she is certain that her employers — perhaps even Mr. Trump — knew of her unlawful status all along.
“I ask myself, is it possible that this señor thinks we have papers? He knows we don’t speak English,” Ms. Morales said. “Why wouldn’t he figure it out?”
