says she has her reasons for speaking out. she says she was subjected to demeaning verbal assaults by her superior. thr allegations of illegal hiring practices. diaz claims managers at the property went as far as to arrange for fraud lent documents to keep them employed. morales tells me she was taken to an off site location after being hired away from the club. she says it was there that she was provided with a bogus social security card and identification. the woman s attorney says they are prepared to provide proof to authorities if an investigation to the trump organization s hiring practices is launched. absolutely. we have documentary evidence. we have the testimony of workers. we have the fraud lent documents. all of this could be provided to
federal authorities and/or state authorities. both of my clients are willing to cooperate with federal and state authorities. in response to the claims, trump organization spokeswoman amanda miller said in a statement we have tens of thousands of employees across our properties and have very strict hiring practices. if any employee submitted false documentation in an attempt to circumvent the law, they will be terminated immediately. no public criminal or civil actions have been filed against the trump organization regarding the allegations from morales, diaz, and two other women mentioned by the new york times. morales and diaz tell cnn they do not believe donald trump was actually aware of the alleged illegal hiring practices. they even have fond memories of their early years working at the trump property. i was very proud to say that i worked there, says diaz. we spoke to morales and asks her if she is still technically employed by the trump
reporter: sandia diaz and victorina morales are the first to speak out about their experience working at a donald trump golf resort as undocumented women. as first reported by the new york times thursday, both were hired as housekeepers at the trump national golf club in bedminster, new jersey. morales says she was hired in 2013. diaz says she worked there from 2010 through 2013 and has since become a legal permanent resident of the u.s. both claim managers employed by the trump organization knowingly hired them as undocumented workers. diaz tells me her decision to go public was made, in part, because of what she calls a high level of hypocrisy. the president launches such hard-line immigration rhetoric, but yet his organization is doing the complete opposite. morales diaz s former colleague
nbc s kate snow sat down with them for this report. it s one of the president s favorite retreats, trump national golf club in bedminster, new jersey. victorina morales has worked as a housekeeper since 2013. i liked working for him, but when i saw how he talked about us when he started his presidency i felt humiliated. she came into this country illegally from guatemala. how did you get the job without any documentation? i told them that i don t have papers. i don t speak english, and that i was an immigrant. they said, no, it doesn t matter. sandra diaz says she worked at bedminster without legal documentation as well from 2010 to 2013. president trump has said husband companies never hired people who were undocumented. we didn t have one illegal immigrant on the job. he s made immigration his corner stone issue threatening a possible government shutdown in two weeks if his border wall isn t funded, but these women say they weren t the only undocumented workers at
them at his properties without proper documentation. the contrast of that language. these women are brave in contrast to a lot of members of congress who will not step up and acknowledge the president s hypocrisy. donna, the new york times reports that ms. morales said the president s tone seemed to embolden others to make negative comments. the housekeeping supervisor frequently made remarks about the employees vulnerable legal status when critiquing their work, she said sometimes calling them stupid illegal immigrants with less intelligence than a dog. ms. morales later goes on to say she expects she will have to leave her job. what does it say to you, donna edwards about where we are as a country that this woman s willing to become a target by speaking out? well, this is the nasty underbelly of the problem we have around immigration, is that when workers come in seeking jobs, seeking to escape violence