Workers from a Queens bakery who were told they need to show proof of citizenship to keep their jobs are instead calling on President Trump to rethink his immigration policies.
The 31 employees of the famed Tom Cat Bakery were joined Saturday by hundreds of supporters outside Trump Tower in Midtown.
“We work hard, pay taxes and have built Tom Cat into a hugely successful company that helps make New York City’s economy strong,” said Ana Campos, an employee at the factory and a member of immigrant workers advocacy group Brandworkers. “We refuse to be discarded like stale bread.”
Last month, Campos and other Tom Cat employees were told that the Homeland Security Department was investigating the company.
Workers were told they will be fired and possibly deported if they can’t prove by April 21 that they’re working in the country legally.
A spokesman for Tom Cat Bakery told the Daily News last month the Homeland Security Department audit began under former President Barack Obama and that the bakery secured an extension in hopes workers could build a defense or get their papers in order.
