Latino students don 'Dump Trump' shirts as mogul accused of 'building campaign on racism'

He has already described Mexicans as disease-carrying "rapists," and vowed to build a giant wall to keep them out of America. 

Now a group of Latino students in California are fighting back against the xenophobic views of Donald Trump and his supporters by wearing "Dump Trump" shirts around campus. 

It comes as a senior US senator accused the business mogul of "building his campaign on racism, sexism and xenophobia."

The Latino students, who were interviewed by the Guardian, said they were disturbed by the number of Trump supporters at New Harbor School wearing campaign t-shirts on their campus, which is 38% Latino and 53% white. 

But the last straw came when, they say, graffiti slogans such as "f*** wetbacks" and "f**** illegal aliens" were daubed on walls around the high school. 

It followed an incident when the students were subjected to verbal racial abuse, which they say made them feel "under attack." 

They decided to make t-shirts emblazoned with the words "Dump Trump" and wore them to school the following Friday. 

“With Donald Trump, [students] are more open about their hate and the things they say,” Angelina Alvarez told the Guardian. 

However, the school was unimpressed by the stunt and Ms Alvarez soon found herself being summoned to the office of the principal, who demanded she changed out of the offending shirt. 

Principal Sean Boulton said they had to stop wearing the shirts for their own safety, while Ms Alvarez pointed out the school had no issues with Trump supporters wearing their campaign shirts. 

“They’ve worn the shirts all this time, and we wear a shir

“It’s not like we’re doing anything violent. We’re just standing up for ourselves.”

For his part, Mr Boulton says the school has dealt with the racist graffiti problem by removing it from the walls.  

He also told the Guardian he was unaware of Ms Alvarez and her friends being verbally racially abused by other students. 

“There’s certainly a lot of things that go on on campus that are inappropriate … and as information surfaces we don’t just ignore it," he said. 

"We react and we’re proactive in trying to resolve it."

After pressure from a local attorney who said banning the shirts was unconstitutional, the school has relented and now allows students to walk around campus in the "Dump Trump" shirts. 

“We opened up a lot of eyes and we showed people that they can have voices too," Ms Alvarez told the Guardian.