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Illegal Migrants Reclaim “Dignity” – Trump Tower 8/31/16

Proudly they proclaimed: Eight Cosecherxs (eros) were able to block Trump Tower, imagine what we can accomplish with 11 million.[Facebook photo attribution]

Our brave Cosecheras and Cosecheros

“Even though 24hours in NYC jail was unpleasant I felt incredibly lucky to have the support of this crew, and so thankful for all the support we had on the outside. Special thanks to Catalina Adorno for legal coordination, Nataly Castaño Vélez for calling and reassuring my parents that everything was fine, Roberto Juarez for picking up your phone at all hours, Carlos Saavedra Diaz for excellent police liaisoning, Vera Parra for being an incredible media coordinator, and to Fhatima Paulino for sending love and guidance from afar and for managing our social media media accounts while we were locked up, and to so many others who worked tirelessly to make sure we had everything we needed. ” (Always over-reaching)

What follows are STATEMENTS FROM the COSECHERXS  [arrest photos property of George A. Adorno, Erik McGregor and Cosecha Facebook  / Built By Us]

Carlos E. Rojas Rodriguez – Lives in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, From San Juan De Lurigancho, Lima, Peru

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“I am engaging in this civil disobedience to honor my parents’ labor. My parents are one of the most vulnerable workers in this country– they’re farm workers. We migrated from Oaxaca, Mexico to Homestead, Florida in 2005. The experience of the undocumented workers that worked on Trump Tower is parallel to the experience of my parents who work hard under the sun for a mediocre salary. Donald Trump and his supporters don’t recognize the dependency this economy has on hands of working immigrants. I am getting arrested because I know that my parents aren’t the only ones who struggle because they don’t have permanent protection, dignity, and respect. I want to send a message to our community: we will not stand with Trump’s rhetoric of hatred and racism. His ideology is a threat to my family, to me, to 11 million people. The time is now to stand against hate and racism.”

 Amanda Jusino – East Boston, Mass.

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“My parents grew up in New York City, both from Puerto Rican immigrant families. Because we are Puerto Rican my family never had to live with the fear and uncertainty of not having papers but they did have to learn to adjust to life in a different language, culture and country. Growing up in Western, MA I saw the disrespect my mom faced at her job in a doctor’s office. Everyday when she came home from work I saw the powerlessness she felt in the face of mistreatment and her inability to leave her job for fear of not getting another. This daily dehumanization wore our family down. I know this is just a tiny sliver of the injustice, disrespect and mistreatment that immigrant families face in this country every day. I’m getting arrested with Cosecha today because I want all immigrants, children of immigrants and grandchildren of immigrants to know that we don’t have stay silent and watch our families and our communities face mistreatment. We are here to demand dignity for our entire community from my mom, to the undocumented workers who build Trump Tower, to the farm workers who picked the apple I ate for breakfast this morning.”

Maria Fernanda Cabello, Lives in Frederick, Md, From Hermosillo, Mexico

When I saw the headlines that Trump started his campaign by saying “When Mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best” I became upset not by Trump, but by all his supporters that came out and agreed with him. It reminded me of the story of this country. Countless times I have seen racist and xenophobic people treat my family and people like us like we are less deserving because we are immigrants and undocumented. I am getting arrested today because I want to make a statement that you cannot talk down on immigrants while benefiting from our labor. I am getting arrested so that more immigrants join Cosecha and fight against this hateful narrative and to win permanent protection, dignity and respect for immigrants in this country. I want more people to join harvest and fight with us against the anti-immigrant sentiment, so that we can get permanent protection, dignity and respect for our undocumented community.”

 Juan Pablo Orjuela, Boston, Massachusetts

adjusted-14114917_1038375916257711_2171830339732725633_o-copyFive years ago, I made a promise to myself and the immigrant community that I was going to fight for us the way they fought for me. That was the same day that the DREAM Act failed on the Senate floor. I had driven all the way down from New Jersey the night before, only to watch the votes come in against me, my community, our future. I saw everyone. The disappointment. The pain. I promised to never allow this pain to come to my community ever again. For five years, I failed to complete my promise and it has eaten at me and bothered me. Especially now. Now, we have the opportunity to start things up again, to take a step towards completing my promise. I’ve realized I’ve been trying to keep this promise by myself so I have to do something that reactivates my community so we can fight together, just like we did in 2010. So I want to tell our community: I need your help. I can’t do this alone anymore.”

Cata Santiago – Lives in Florida City, Florida, From Coatecas Altas, Mexico

14124488_1038376126257690_4478179127215749305_o“My name is Cata Santiago and I am engaging in this civil disobedience to honor my parents’ labor. My parents are one of the most vulnerable workers in this country– they’re farm workers. We migrated from Oaxaca, Mexico to Homestead, Florida in 2005. The experience of the undocumented workers that worked on Trump Tower is parallel to the experience of my parents who work hard under the sun for a mediocre salary. Donald Trump and his supporters don’t recognize the dependency this economy has on hands of working immigrants. I am getting arrested because I know that my parents aren’t the only ones who struggle because they don’t have permanent protection, dignity, and respect. I want to send a message to our community: we will not stand with Trump’s rhetoric of hatred and racism. His ideology is a threat to my family, to me, to 11 million people. The time is now to stand against hate and racism.”

 Emily Bloch –  From Brookline, Massachusetts

“It deeply bothers me to live in a country that does not remember its own history. My family came here as Jewish Immigrants from Eastern Europe almost 100 years ago. We came looking for a better life and fleeing persecution just like the 200 undocumented Polish workers that built Trump Tower. I stand with immigrants now because it does not serve this country to have a class of exploited workers who live in perpetual insecurity. I stand with immigrants now, in this civil disobedience, because the people close to my heart can’t get arrested. During this action, I will be thinking of Sonia, an undocumented woman from Peru, who has not seen her children in 12 years. She sees me as one of her children, but it pains me to know that she can’t give her own kids a hug. On her 12th year anniversary of her leaving her country, I called her and we cried on the phone together. We cried because of how deeply we value our relationship, and I cried because I didn’t want to be her substitute child– I want her to see her own children. I want to tell the immigrant community that there’s hope, you have power, and you have allies. This country needs this movement.”

Phoebe Gardener – Lives in Providence, Rhode Island

“I have been organizing immigrant workers for 5 years and I have seen the pain of not being valued because of your status. I’ve seen the pain of working so hard, but not getting paid. The pain of not being treated as a full person. I am engaging in this nonviolent civil disobedience to say that we will not longer accept the pain anymore. I want to show my support and love for the undocumented workers across the country. I am also doing this because of the undocumented people who are making a sacrifice by my side during this action. I want to tell the immigrant community that I will be here until the strike– we are not going anywhere. I see you– I see the sacrifices that you make, the work you do, and I want to honor you. It’s time to do something bigger than we’ve ever done before to make this country recognize that this country relies on you.”

Thaís Marques – Lives in Newark, New Jersey, From Belém, Brazil

“My parents are legal permanent residents, my brother is a citizen and I’m undocumented. I recently had my application for a green card rejected. I sent in the application a week before my 21st birthday, but United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) has the right to be discretionary about their decided that because I applied so close to my birthday I no longer qualified as a minor. Living in a country where decisions about my future are all discretionary, is suffocating. Living here without any rights is suffocating. I’m tired of feeling like I don’t have any control over my future.”
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There you have it. Eight very entitled ILLEGAL migrants (and friends) . Chained. Chanting their Lies. Claiming ILLEGALS BUILT Trump Tower!

Trump Tower was built by 200 low wage, undocumented immigrant workers. 35 years later, our people continue to work in fields, construction sites, restaurants, and other industries for less than minimum wage without any dignity or respect. Join us as we honor the undocumented workers who built this tower, but also the workers who continue to build this country.”

WRONG.

In fact, a union lawsuit against the contractor was for pension and welfare benefits for 200 POLISH illegals who were hired to TEAR DOWN the Bonwit Teller Department store, not the CONSTRUCTION of the Tower.

Critical COMMENT made on-line to rebut the Cosecheros :

Built by us? Unless you helped build it with your own hands you have no right saying that. You have no right taking credit for the hard work of Americans and immigrants. Immigrants are and always have been welcome here. Shame on you for trying to equate immigrants with illegal aliens.

++ In these two short video clips, the illegals proudly twist the narrative. VIDEO #1-  I caught snippets of two press interviews.

 Carlos Saavedra Diaz – speaking to NBC: “Once again, the hypocrisy of the message of anti-immigrant racism that Donald Trump has supported, while this building was itself and his hotel in D.C. has been built on the hands and the work of undocumented (aka ILLEGAL) immigrants (MIGRANTS)

Q- What’s going on in front of the door?

” In front of the door we have people that are willing to get arrested, they’re here and in solidarity with this movement- and they’re trying to show that this  (?) messaging, this (?) racist,hateful messaging you can’t send” (HUH?)

Q: What do you hope to accomplish then.

“We’re hoping to accomplish, to recognize the labor of  “undocumented immigrants” that it took to build this country. Took to build Trump’s Tower which is called the most important project in the world  and what it took to build his hotel in D.C.”

Q: (chanting begins again)

“Undocumented workers” have always been misrepresented. We don’t have enough voices (very loud chanting)

Young female (unidentified) gave some of the correct historical background re the demolition of Bonwit Teller (before construction)

“Donald Trump is a hypocrite because he (has used) hate rhetoric against immigrants while (pointing skyward) this tower, before it was built, was demolished by over 200 “undocumented” Polish workers 35 years ago…”

In VIDEO #2,  illegal protestor, Tais Marques, spoke while chained  at the Tower Doors.

Thaís Marques (Cosecha protestor while chained to door) ” My name is Thaís Marques. I am “undocumented”. I am a daughter of legal, permanent residents. My brother is a U.S.  citizen. I am here today to honor the 200 “undocumented” workers who worked on the tower and the 11 million (where do they get these numbers?) “undocumented” who built this. This country DEPENDS on US. (unclear) This country, this economy would FALL. This country depends on us.”

++So. Yes. It was a Peaceful Protest. The “Cosecha EIGHT”  (the 4 chained and 2 each foot-blocking the revolving doors) calmly executed their plan. NO one was getting IN or OUT of the doors (for about an hour). But, the NYPD’s plan was tight, as well: To clear the entrance – from all sides – making it difficult to get good pictures due to the ‘crowd cover’ of police bodies .

Illegal Trespassers ‘Say NO’ U.S. Immigration Laws-For them (NYC) 7-10-15

11701004_10153398665752381_1571759743074267012_oNO U.S. Immigration Law? Really? After a few years of filming and observing these mostly Spanish-speaking illegals and their handlers (white,union Commie-led insurgents) the deconstructing of America is on-a- roll. From Detroit to New Orleans to Seattle to San Francisco, corruption is destroying these major cities (easily)as the illegals vote once (twice) As many times as they are required. The Big Red Unions need the illegals. So, give them the uneducated dupes of the world and they will incrementally take over governments (from the smallest to the top of the heap). They have and they are succeeding with little opposition. Amazing.Coverage of this particular protest was light but predictable.  NY1, NTD (FalunGong TV) and El Mundo. These were the only media I could identity.

A demonstration was outside the offices of an American citizen, Robert Mercer, who supports our U.S. Immigration Laws and the Candidates who support keeping our borders safe. However, these Illegal trespassers and their Marxist-Leftist-Union handlers want NO U.S. immigration laws —-for them—and Robert Mercer is ‘the Enemy’.

NYC Councilman, Carlos Menchaca, a 30 yrs old Mexican-born/gay/COMMUNIST, who was ELECTED by ‘the people’  of NYC, was one of the leaders of the protest, who also opposes Mercer supporting U.S. Immigration Law.“Menchaca, in November 2013, became the first councilor of Mexican  origin to be elected in New York”

This Marxist insurgent sits on the NY City Council and heads a “useful tool” committee that protects Manhattan’s Sanctuary status.

In Feb 2014, this NYC Councilman  (2nd from the right in picture) led a DREAM ACT Committee [Council hearing on giving Illegals ID’s so they can get “services”]


“Red Bill “de Blasio” and The Amazing Illegal ID Machine”
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However, the ID portion of the meeting never happened. (without notice to the public-aka NY-ICE)

“The New York City Council’s “Committee on Immigration” was supposed to have met on what is actually a Federal issue: ID’s for Illegals.”

Everyone sitting in City Hall that day seemed to know the ID’s were now off the table. The committee was seamlessly focused on offering FREE legal aid to illegal trespassers; encouraging scofflaws to STAY by offering NYC Sanctuary City freebees.


This was the social justice largess of the day: FREE Legal Representation for Illegal Trespassers.

Back to the protest outside Robert Mercer’s office. On Friday, July 10th,2015, at the DACA/DAPA hearing,

The Fifth Circuit Court heard one-hour arguments, each for the plaintiff and defendant…the arguments will be whether or not the Obama administration followed the appropriate procedures in issuing the 2014 immigration executive action.

The protestors ‘glowed’ in the hot sun with a dripping disrespect for the U.S. Rule of Law, for U.S. Immigration Law. NO respect for the country they are invading was required. Just entitlement. After all, they have Obama”s Executive Action waiting for them (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA)While mauling Old Glory, this woman below, smirked and laughed with her friend as she chanted  “I love Amereeca” – Cue: laugh, smirk – then repeat –

WHAT does she love about Amereeca? (Our laws?)

Perhaps it’s the promise of Free Health Care. Free Food. Free Rent. Free college. It’s all FREE, thanks to the tax dollars of the America citizens who live here legally.

DREAM Act, Si!

OPEN BORDERS. Si!!

U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS must be waived if you are brown, Spanish-speaking (it helps)

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Unemployed, uneducated and/or never been vaccinated for good measure. DAPA – DACA says they can jump to the head-of-the-line.

With little to No Help for the many educated, white (some Spanish- speaking) immigrants who would like to stay in the U.S. on work-permits (LEGALLY). They are stone-walled and often rudely denied permits, even though they would cause NO burden to our hospitals and schools.

Wrong color. Too well educated. Too independent. Can’t be counted on to VOTE the Commie-Line. Go HOME! YOU are not welcomed by the hard-cored Leftists running the very corrupt Illegal-Trespassers voting-machine.

Ask anyone in this protest crowd (who speaks English) about the very stern immigration laws South-of-the-border: Cue *Crickets*. Does not compute.

Ask about the career criminals that MEXICO doesn’t want? (*silence*) CRIMINALS for whom the Commie-to-the-core Leftists throw down the RED carpet and open-the-gates to the U.S. (*crickets-mind-numbing silence*)

illegals 3 copy 2There was opposition to  the Leftists who are dedicated to breaking and ignoring U.S. Immigration Law.

Notably, in spite of Obama’s active support of these trespassers, America is against the ‘SAY NO’ to U.S. Immigration Law industry.

Americans ‘SAY NO’ to OPEN BORDERS instead!That’s why “The Donald” is (or was) flying up the potential presidential list. Donald Trump is NOT afraid to say what is on the minds of most Americans when it comes to Illegal Trespassing. He certainly lacks tact “on occasion” (McCain looms large at the moment) but Trump is challenging the Marxist Left stranglehold on our National safety; that is encouraging and inspiring.

The opposition: Even though NY-ICE was unable to make a large showing (this was 11 AM on a weekday. Most people have to work!) These stalwarts did a great job, vocally as well as visually.

I heard them from across the noisy crowd before I saw them. (red circle below)

 NY-ICE counter-demonstrated against the unions and Marxist groups promoting Illegal law breakers; who demonstrated for the implementation of D.A.C.A. and D.A.P.A. executive amnesties because they are currently tied up in Court. The Illegals and their Marxist enablers demonstrated in front of a business they mischaracterized as a proponent of “false” data about the negative impact of these amnesties in the U.S.

Stop the Marxist drivel. Stop the lies. Spread the Truth about Illegal Trespassers; what they have done and will continue to do to the American Economy by ignoring our Laws.

They never stop. Neither should WE.
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“President Obama has wielded his “mighty pen” once to show those who want to enter the country illegally they can go ahead and do it because this President won’t stop them.

That’s why Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) is a co-sponsor of three immigration bills to protect the American people.

The first, H.R. 3011, Kate’s Law, would create a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for any illegal alien reentering the country after being deported.

The second, H.R. 3009, Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities, restricts federal funding to sanctuary cities so that the American people are not subsidizing local law enforcement agencies that refuse to comply with federal law. 

The third, H.R. 399, Secure Our Borders First Act, requires that the Secretary of Homeland Security gain, and maintain, operational control of the international borders of the United States.

We can’t get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally.”

Stand UP Fight Back ’cause WE are AMERICA.

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