'Immigrants made America great… and cooked your food': New Zealand chef leaves poignant note at bottom of restaurant receipt in New York
- A Kiwi chef in New York has weighed in on strict immigration policies in the US
- Mark Simmons owns Kiwiana, a New Zealand cafe in Brooklyn, New York
- He printed messages on the bottom of each receipt criticising Trump's policy
- 'Immigrants make America great (they also cooked your food and served you)'
- Kiwi woman Mary Emily O'Hara posted a photo of her cafe receipt to Twitter
A New Zealand chef based in New York City has weighed in the strict immigration policies in the US, by adding a note to the bottom of each customer receipt.
Kiwi woman Mary Emily O'Hara, who ate at Kiwiana cafe in Brooklyn, uploaded a photograph of her receipt with the caption 'Breakfast in Brooklyn'.
At the bottom of the receipt a note says: 'Immigrants make American great (they also cooked your food and served you today)'.
![Kiwiana cafe in Brooklyn has weighed in the strict immigration policies in the US with a politically-charged message on their receipts](http://web.archive.org./web/20170207084009/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/06/3CE978FB00000578-4198464-image-m-73_1486449286648.jpg)
Kiwiana cafe in Brooklyn has weighed in the strict immigration policies in the US with a politically-charged message on their receipts
The post has since gone viral on Twitter - shared more than 80,000 times and liked more than 220,000 times.
According to the NZ Herald, waitstaff told Ms O'Hara the idea for the note came from the chef, Mark Simmons.
Simmons, who competed in the US version of Top Chef, printed the following message on the receipt.
'Immigrants make America great (they also cooked your food and served you today)'
The message, a reference to Trump's 'make America great again' campaign slogan, comes amid heightened immigration tensions across the US.
President Trump signed executive order banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations, sparking outrage and protests the world over.
![The note came from the cafe's chef, Mark Simmons, who competed in the US version of Top Chef](http://web.archive.org./web/20170207084009/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/07/3CE978F700000578-4198464-The_note_came_from_the_cafe_s_chef_Mark_Simmons_who_competed_in_-a-75_1486452647387.jpg)
The note came from the cafe's chef, Mark Simmons, who competed in the US version of Top Chef
![The message, a reference to Trump's 'make America great again' campaign slogan, comes amid heightened immigration tensions across the US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170207084009/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/07/3CE9790E00000578-4198464-The_message_a_reference_to_Trump_s_make_America_great_again_camp-a-74_1486452647338.jpg)
The message, a reference to Trump's 'make America great again' campaign slogan, comes amid heightened immigration tensions across the US
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