Donald Trump's demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time...
Source: The Washington Post
Donald Trumps demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time, his company was firing undocumented workers.
By Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold January 26 at 3:17 PM
OSSINING, N.Y They had spent years on the staff of Donald Trumps golf club, winning employee-of-the-month awards and receiving glowing letters of recommendation.
Some were trusted enough to hold the keys to Eric Trumps weekend home. They were experienced enough to know that when Donald Trump ordered chicken wings they were to serve him two orders on one plate.
But on Jan. 18, about a dozen employees at Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y., were summoned, one by one, to talk with a human resources executive from Trump headquarters.
During the meetings, they were fired because they are undocumented immigrants, according to interviews with the workers and their attorney. The fired workers are from Latin America.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)I know BumRushDaShow gets WaPo alerts. You must get them too.
I could see the tweets, but beyond that, nada.
Trump's company was employing undocumented workers even as the president demanded a border wall. Now some are getting fired.
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EXCLUSIVE: President Trumps demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time, his company was firing undocumented workers, via @partlowj and @fahrenthold
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One employee of Trump's Westchester golf course recorded her own firing. After working for 8 years, a Trump Org HR manager told her the club had just discovered her documents were fake. "Have a nice day!" the woman told her. Via @partlowj and @fahrenthold
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They are hoping to find other work. But theyre fearful. One said: at least Trumps club didnt call ICE on them. That was a small blessing.
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Trumps golf course employed undocumented workers and then fired them amid showdown over border wall
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alfredo
(60,074 posts)Ice would have questioned them and find trumps golf course knew they were undocumented.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)Do as I say, not as I do!
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)His whole life is one big lie to himself and everyone else.
And of course they would fire good workers just out spite. Can't have those folks talking to the press like last time. That would be embarrassing.
Id never done anything wrong, only work and work, he added. They said they didn't have any comments to make.
Trump's deplorable supporters should apply for these jobs.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)Using E-Verify would have exposed these "illegal" workers long ago, but E-Verify continues to be VOLUNTARY. Of course, they knew these folks were undocumented, but they could look the other way as long as they were not REQUIRED to verify their Social Security cards and work permits. Even Ann Coulter admits that no one, including Republicans, wants to make E-Verify mandatory. Just a bunch of hyprocrites.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Some of these people have worked for him for over 15 years, using fake Social Security (and unemployment, etc.) information, so they have been paying into a system that they will NEVER be able to draw from.
Unceremoniously kicked out, and the corrupt employer doesn't even bother to use the systems that are in place:
"Eric Trump did not respond to specific questions about how many undocumented workers had been fired at other Trump properties and whether the company had, in the past, made similar audits of its employees immigration paperwork. He also did not answer whether executives had previously been aware that they employed undocumented workers.
This Trump golf club does not appear in the governments list of participants in the E-Verify system, which allows employers to confirm their employees are in the country legally. Eric Trump did not answer a question about whether the club would join the system."
paleotn
(17,931 posts)It doesn't matter. The racist bastard employed them for years. Other then being incredibly cruel, it really doesn't matter. He's a filthy hypocrite and everyone knows it. Oh, and his testicles belong to Nancy Pelosi. That little factoid warms my heart.