Undocumented workers fired from Trump's clubs to crash re-election campaign rally

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Several undocumented immigrants who were fired from President Donald Trump’s golf clubs in New Jersey and New York will be speaking out against the president in Orlando, Florida ahead of his re-election launch on Tuesday.

Lawyer Anibal Romero, who represents the immigrants, said the press conference is being held to advocate for immigration reform the same day and in the same city that the president is launching his re-election campaign. Romero said he believes that immigration will once again be a focal point of Trump’s campaign.

Trump will be holding a re-election rally at the Amway Center in Orlando.

“These employees who work for Donald Trump represent hundreds of people who have worked for Donald Trump as undocumented immigrants, and it shows how the administration can easily vilify and demonize immigrants and yet has no problem hiring them,” Romero said.

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Margarita Cruz and Adela Garcia, former housekeepers at Trump National Golf Club Westchester, as well as Wiston Blandon, a former dishwasher at that same club will be in attendance of the press conference in Orlando. In addition, Sandra Diaz and Victorina Morales, former housekeepers at Trump’s club in Bedminster, N.J., will also be in attendance.

Many undocumented immigrants have been fired from Trump’s clubs after some began speaking about their experiences working there. Romero said he currently represents 44 undocumented immigrants who formerly worked for the Trump Organization.

In December 2018, Diaz and Morales spoke out to the New York Times about their experience as working as undocumented immigrants in Trump’s New Jersey club. Diaz, who is now a legal resident, had worked at the club from 2010 to 2013. Morales had been hired in 2013, where she often times made Trump’s “nbed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies,” according to the Times. Morales was fired shortly after the Times article was published.

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Blandon’s father, Jose Blandon, during an interview with the Washington Post said that he and his son would work 60 hours a week the Westchester club. They were hired in 2016 as dishwashers. 

During his campaign announcement for the 2016 election, Trump made a campaign promise to stop migrants from entering the country illegally and to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“It’s been four years since he first launched his campaign and talked about immigrants, well you know, they’re still here and they apparently have been working for him,” Romero said. “I think Americans needs to know, and he knows himself, that these people are good workers.”

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Unite Here, a labor union that represents many people who work for several industries, including hotels, food service, manufacturing, laundry, will also be sponsoring the event. The group also represents workers from some of Trump properties, including the Trump International Hotel in D.C.

Romero said that undocumented workers right now are being taken advantage of because of their status, and how this rally isn’t just about immigrants but about workers.

“We believe that the Trump Administration has used immigrants to divide this country and we believe that once Congress can put legislation to legalize them, this problem will be fixed and we can finally end this immigration debate,” he said.

“It’s very easy to demonize immigrants when they’re not allowed to respond,” he said. “They will be there and will respond.”

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