Kevyn

Donald Trump has a well documented history of knowingly employing hundreds of undocumented immigrants at a number of his companies, including to build Trump Tower. Not only is this well documented it is part of the public record because he was forced to pay nearly a million dollars in fines for his actions. Why would anyone trust his word about deportations or the Mexico wall?

maryla

I heard it said it was the contractor he was using at this time who did the hiring...Regardless, he obviously knows it was wrong and he now uses e-verify system to prevent that from happening again...

BTW, he knows and sees the fragility of our system in instances like these and wants to correct it so you can't fault him for that!!

This is old news Kevyn...crawl back in you hole

DamnYANKEE

You Really ARE Stupid . Aintcha . and STILL livin in Mommy's Basement :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

DamnYANKEE

gotta remember . ole kevy is a tad bit slow :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

crackerjack

This should make you happy. Isn't that what you liberals want? Why aren't you campaigning for him? Very hypocritical!

kburns50

You continue to spin what actually happened as most P.L.'s do. A third party contractor hired the i******s... OOOPs. Sorry.... the un-documented... To put in PC/PL terms. You Sorry POS..... Change Your F'N name.... You incorrectly spell "Kevin" like an inner-city mutant thug. Why don't you change it to "debrickashaw" like the freakin N.Y. Jet.

moldyoldy

Trump employs Polish workers in Miami claiming he can not find US workers. They are s***es, they can not complain about mistreatment, or missed wages, because they will be deported.

crackerjack

Source please; or did you dream it?

kburns50

There's no source to the fairy tale "Trump knew......". IT was a third party contractor and this story is so old it has mold growing on it.... Pun intended..... Sorry M.

moldyoldy

The 200 demolition workers—nicknamed the Polish Brigade because of their home country—worked 12-hour shifts, seven days a week with no overtime to knock down the old Bonwit Teller building and make room for Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

According to testimony in a protracted civil suit in federal court, the laborers were paid $5 an hour or less when they were paid at all. Some went unpaid after the contractor had financial troubles. A few never received even the paltry sum that was owed them for their dirty and hazardous efforts preceding the construction of Trump’s monument to his own wealth.

“They were undocumented and worked ‘off the books,’” Manhattan federal Judge Charles Stewart said of the workers after they became the subject of a 1983 lawsuit. “No records were kept, no Social Security or other taxes were withheld.”


http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/25/3754039/donald-trump-undocumented/

Trump would have you believe the illegal Polish workers he hired for coolie wages to build Trump Towers is irrelevant because -- who cares, it's something that happened 36 years ago.

Yet the billionaire celeb-businessman is still doing it. He's still looking to hire immigrants or hiring contractors who scoop up i******s and put them to work on Trump building sites for sometimes off-the-books wages.

No wonder the Internal Revenue Service audits Trump every year.
- See more at: http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/trumps-polish-workers-only-half-it#sthash.DDRypH9K.dpuf

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/nyregion/in-video-immigrant-worker-at-trump-hotel-criticizes-donald-trumps-views.html?_r=0

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Why would we trust ANY of the lying bastards and B***hes? We've been promised immigration reform by i***ts from both party's for over 20 years now. How much more handwriting on walls do you need?

kburns50

Moldy.... Please..... This tear-down construction started in 1979 long before immigration problems were an issue.
You and your Ilk like to bring up old issues that meant nothing back then to the forefront now to help "spin" your BS. I seriously doubt Trump said "hire, underpay and overwork these people" from his penthouse back there in 1979. It was a third party contractor, as previously stated in the media, that hired these Polish Immigration. One more thing.... What was the minimum wage way back in 1979?

kburns50

I looked up the 1979 Federal Minimum Wage - $2.79.
Please..... Just Shut Up!!!!

moldyoldy

So reagans amnesty was for nothing.

moldyoldy

Donald Trump is staking his run for U.S. president in part on a vow to protect American jobs. But this month, one of his companies, the elite Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Florida, applied to import 70 foreign workers to serve as cooks, wait staff and cleaners.

A Reuters analysis of U.S. government data reveals that this is business as usual in the New York property magnate's empire.

Trump owns companies that have sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000, according to U.S. Department of Labor data reviewed by Reuters. Most of the applications were approved, the data show.

Nine companies majority-owned by Trump have sought to bring in foreign waitresses, cooks, vineyard workers and other laborers on temporary work-visa programs administered by the Labor Department.

The candidate's foreign talent hunt included applications for an assistant golf-course superintendent, an assistant hotel manager and a banquet manager.

Two of his companies, Trump Model Management and Trump Management Group LLC, have sought visas for nearly 250 foreign fashion models, the records show.

Trump’s p**********l campaign and a lawyer for the businessman declined to comment. The Mar-a-Lago Club could not be reached for comment.

The analysis of Trump's history of actively importing foreign workers comes as he has emerged as an early front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination in the November 2016 p**********l e******n. Trump has positioned himself as a champion of American workers whose livelihoods are threatened by illegal foreign laborers and the offshoring of U.S. jobs.

“I will be the greatest jobs president that God every created," he said in announcing his candidacy on June 16. "I will bring back our jobs from China, Mexico and other places. I will bring back jobs and our money."

Trump generated both notoriety and buzz by singling out Mexican immigrants in the United States. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best," he said in the speech. "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists."

In a speech on July 11, Trump distinguished between those working legally and illegally in the United States, saying thousands of "legal" Mexicans - "incredible people" - have worked for him over the years.

The Labor Department records don't specify the nationality of the foreign workers sought by companies. But Trump could be bringing many Mexican workers into the United States.

Reuters examined records of applications for three categories of temporary work visas - the H-2A, H-2B and H-1B programs - submitted by employers to the Labor Department.

A controversial visa program

The temporary work visa program through which Trump's companies have sought the greatest numbers of workers, H-2B, brings in mostly workers from Mexico. Mexicans made up more than 80 percent of the 104,993 admissions to the United States on H-2B visas in 2013. The Trump companies have sought at least 850 H-2B visa workers.

The H-2B program, which receives little government oversight, is used by companies in sectors ranging from hospitality to forestry to hire foreign workers for temporary jobs. Companies must prove that the jobs are seasonal - and that they tried and failed to hire Americans.

U.S. government watchdogs have criticized the H-2B and H-2A programs over the years for failing to protect foreign and American workers alike.

In 2003, the Labor Department Inspector General said: “Abuses of these programs may result in economic harm to American workers and businesses, exploitation of foreign workers, and security risks associated with aliens who are admitted to this country by fraudulent means.”

David McNew/Getty ImagesCity Hall is seen in the distance as construction workers help carry a huge American f**g in a march to the Metropolitan Detention Center during one a several May Day immigration-themed events on May 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Demonstrators are calling for immigration reform and an end to deportations of undocumented residents.

This year, the Government Accountability Office published a report saying that workers in the country on H-2A and H-2B visas have experienced abuse, including being charged illegal recruiting fees, substandard housing and low pay.

The Mar-a-Lago, a luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, has sought the most foreign workers of the nine Trump businesses: 787 workers since 2006, according to the data.

This month, the resort filed paperwork seeking to bring in 70 foreign workers later this year on H-2B visas to serve as maids, cooks and wait staff, according to paperwork known as “job orders” published on the Labor Department's web site.

In addition to the resort and the modeling agencies, the Trump-owned companies identified in the Reuters analysis were Jupiter Golf Club, Lamington Farm Club LLC, Trump Miami Resorts Management LLC, Trump National Golf Club LLC, Trump Payroll Chicago LLC and Trump Vineyard Estates LLC.

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-companies-sought-visas-to-import-at-least-1100-workers-2015-7