Trump’s security guards fight with Mexican immigrant, 50, outside Trump Tower …

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Protesters gathered outside Trump Tower on Thursday, where Donald Trump was making a pledging not to run as a third-party candidate
Mexican immigrant Efraín Galicia, 50, was holding up a sign reading ‘Make America Racist Again’ – mocking Trump’s campaign slogan
In video from the protests, a Trump security guard is seen taking the sign away and walking back into the tower when Galicia grabs him from behind
The security guard then turns around and slaps Galicia in the face
Both parties claim the other was the aggressor and have said they are going to press charges

Ashley Collman For Dailymail.com

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12:09 GMT, 4 September 2015

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12:20 GMT, 4 September 2015

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One of Donald Trump’s security guards got into a fight with a Mexican immigrant outside of Trump Tower on Thursday, as the Donald was holding a press conference.

Trump announced on Thursday that he had signed a pledge to the Republican Party, and will not be running as a third-party candidate in the upcoming presidential election.

An unpopular candidate with the Hispanic community for his strict stance on immigration, several protesters gathered outside of Trump Tower to make their voices heard during the press conference.

Freedom of speech: Mexican immigrant Efraín Galicia, 50 (right, in blue), got into a fight with a Trump security guard on Thursday, after the security guard stole his banner reading ‘Make America Racist Again’

Pushing: Video of the tussle shows Galicia grabbing a guard from behind and then that guard turning to slap him. Galicia then falls back a few feet, and another guard (pictured above) steps in to hold him back

Making their voices heard: Above, some of the other protesters gathered outside Trump Tower on Thursday

Efraín Galicia, a 50-year-old immigrant from Mexico who has been living in the U.S. for 30 years, was one of the protesters holding up a sign reading ‘Make American Racist Again’ – mocking Trump’s campaign slogan.

In video taken from the event by NY1 Noticias, a Trump security guard is seen taking the sign away and walking back into Trump Tower when Galicia, in a blue shirt, approaches and grabs him from behind.

The security guard then turns and slaps Galicia, causing the man to lose his footing and step several feet back.

Another security guard intervenes and tries to hold Galicia back and the two get into a tussle as cameras flash, documenting the fight.

‘They pushed me around,’ Galicia told the New York Post, after the fight. ‘We brought all our banners. We know the law. We know we can protest along the sidewalk.’

Elephant: Trump was speaking at Trump Tower on Thursday to announce his pledge not to run as a third-party candidate in the upcoming election

War of words: The ‘Make America Racist Again’ sign was mocking Trump’s campaign slogan: ‘Make America Great Again’

Galicia compared the incident to last month, when Hispanic reporter Jorge Ramos was escorted out of a Trump press conference when he tried to ask a question about immigration.

‘It’s like the way his boss behaves: pushing out Ramos from Univision,’ Galicia said. ‘These guys, his servants, they think they can do the same thing.’

In an interview with the New York Times, Trump’s spokesmen said that it was the protester who was the aggressor and that they would likely be pressing charges.

Galicia also said he would be pressing charges but as of Thursday evening, the NYPD had received ‘no formal complaint,’ according to the Washington Post.

Some of the protesters held up poles affixed with arrows reading ‘Racist’ and pointing inside the Trump Tower

Another wore a sombrero and waves the Mexican flag in front of the Midtown Manhattan skyscraper

Trump says if he is voted president, he will build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep illegal immigrants from crossing into the country

Among the other protesters gathered outside Trump Tower on Thursday, were a few wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods and hats while preaching against Trump’s immigration policies.

Trump says if he is voted president, he will build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep illegal immigrants from crossing into the country.

One protester held up a picture of a Native American in traditional clothing reading: This is a real Native American.’ A corresponding image of Trump read: ‘This is a real f****** immigrant’ and ‘Go back to Europe!’

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CNN captured video of some of the protesters shouting their issues with Trump.

‘We need to spread the philosophy of the Aztec people!’ one of the protesters yelled. ‘We need to spread the ideas of the Mayan people!’

‘These people built America,’ another protester said, according to Park Slope Patch. ‘If you don’t believe that, then take these skyscrapers and shove them up your a**.’

While leading in the huge field of Republican candidates, Trump is not at all popular with Latinos in America. According to a recently Washington Post/ABC News poll published earlier this week, 82 per cent of Hispanics view Trump unfavorably, with 68 per cent feeling strongly so.