A Costa Rican woman of name, Sandra Diaz, has been in the eye of the public light this week along with Guatemalan Victorina Morales, after they both spoke to The New York Times admitting they were undocumented workers at one of President Trump’s Golf Resorts, National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Sandra Diaz worked at the golf club from 2010 to 2013 and is now a legal resident of the United States; Morales on the other hand, still works as a housekeeper at the golf club and is still undocumented, having recently requested asylum, she has told the media she is aware that she could lose her job or even be deported for telling her story, but she decided to speak out tired of getting treated “as a stupid mule and being humiliated”. Morales began working at the resort in 2013.
Diaz was also part of the housekeeping and maintenance crew, both woman assure that the crew included number of undocumented workers, many of whom receive assistance from supervisors to evade detection.
Both women talked to The New York Times through lawyer, Anibal Romero, who gives them counsel on immigration matters. They both had to tend to President Trump as part of their jobs and they described him as “demanding but kind, sometimes offering hefty tips”.
Sandra Diaz entered the country on a tourist visa and stayed in the United States, her daughter became a US citizen and at that point she helped her mother legalize her migratory condition.
“The Trump Organization, which owns the golf course, did not comment specifically on Ms. Morales or Ms. Diaz. “We have tens of thousands of employees across our properties and have very strict hiring practices,” Amanda Miller, the company’s senior vice president for marketing and corporate communications, said in a statement. “If an employee submitted false documentation in an attempt to circumvent the law, they will be terminated immediately”, reads the article by The New York Times




