Overview
- Rep. Dan Goldman invited immigrant rights advocate Father Fabian Arias to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.
- Goldman and Arias run a pop-up triage and legal-aid center from Goldman's Lower Manhattan office at 290 Broadway, across from 26 Federal Plaza.
- Their partnership intensified after an immigrant mother, Monica Moreta-Galarza, was shoved by a federal agent, and they report helping secure the release of about 18 people.
- Goldman says he aims to share the triage-center model with colleagues interested in replicating the approach in other states.
- Other New York lawmakers are making issue-focused guest choices, including Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Grace Meng, Rep. John Mannion, Rep. Joe Morelle, and Rep. Claudia Tenney, as Trump delivers his second State of the Union of this term.