Trump returns to Mar-a-Lago. So do busloads of outraged protesters.
Husbands, wives, children. Housekeepers from
Waving flags and hoisting signs while chanting "Shut it down!" hundreds of hospitality union workers from across
Most of the demonstrators have had special protections from deportation, after fleeing hurricane- and disaster-prone countries; some of them have lived in
The administration says the effects of
In
"We are very scared. We don't know what will happen. I will have to leave in the middle of the night so I won't get arrested," said
"After working so many years, and working so hard, they want to tear us apart. We aren't living off the government. We pay taxes. What we have, we worked for," she said.
The protest was organized by "
"It's taking 50,000 Haitians who are legal workers and criminalizing them overnight,"' Gumpert said.
"They own homes, have American-born children, work jobs that are little more than minimum wage and yet they volunteer in their communities."
"A lot of families are being torn apart. They've been deporting them and sending them home to countries where they no longer have family," said
The marchers also wanted to send a message to the president: If you deport us, many of the resorts, theme parks and hotels, including yours, won't be able to operate.
They said their chant "Shut it down!" refers to how deportations will affect
Marie Partait, who came from
"I have six children. My mom and dad were killed in the earthquake. My country is nothing now," she said.
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