Donald Trump Has Turned Away Hundreds of American Workers to Hire Cheap Foreign Labor Instead

[Judi Lynn]

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Donald Trump Has Turned Away Hundreds of American Workers to Hire Cheap Foreign Labor Instead
By Eric Levitz Follow @ericlevitz

February 25, 2016
10:48 a.m.

No one will bring our jobs back from China and Mexico like Trump,” Donald Trump recently wrote, in a Facebook post. The GOP front-runner’s commitment to restoring employment opportunities that Americans have lost to developing countries is one of the cornerstones of his candidacy. But where Trump has had the power to replace American workers with foreign ones, he has done so with gusto.

Since 2010, nearly 300 United States residents have applied for jobs at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, but only 17 were hired. Meanwhile, Trump pursued more than 500 visas for foreign workers at the resort, the New York Times reports.

Trump’s fondness for guest workers was brought to national attention by Reuters last summer, when the news service reported that the Donald had sought visas for over 1,000 foreign laborers since 2000. The Times investigation shows that those visas weren’t pursued for a lack of domestic applicants.

“The only reason they wouldn’t get a callback is that they weren’t qualified, for some reason,” Trump insisted, in an interview with the paper. “There are very few qualified people during the high season in the area.”

More:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/trump-wont-bring-our-jobs-back-from-his-hotels.html

[kimbutgar]

1. Unfortunately this will not deter his brain dead zombie supporters

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. BUT BUT BUT

He will build a WALL!!

[SummerSnow]

11. and the only ones to go through that wall are the ones who

sign papers saying they will work for Trump Inc.




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[braddy]

3. The link doesn't work.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Saw your post, checked, corrected it. Thank you. Here it is:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/trump-wont-bring-our-jobs-back-from-his-hotels.html

Sorry.

[braddy]

5. Thanks, good read.

[jopacaco]

6. My son is one of the minority American citizens employed by Trump

I have been telling this to anyone who will listen. This article is all true. There are many, many qualified workers in the area but Trump prefers the guest worker.
My son has worked at Trump's resort for 7 years. He now has a position with more responsibilities than when he started. He has never received a raise in wages and he gets no benefits at all - no health insurance, no sick days, nothing. He is one of the very few workers who is an American citizen. My son will never vote for Trump.

[forest444]

12. And this from a man who bilked New York City for $400 million in subsidies.

Not to mention using friendly judges (most of whom should have recused themselves) to write off his bad debts 4 times. The world must look like one big prostitute to the Donald.

My best wishes to your incredible son, jopacaco. Here's hoping for bigger and better things for him - far from con men like Trump.

[DebJ]

7. 'Qualified' = "Cheap". n/t

[fbc]

8. I don't see why this is an issue.

That's the way the laws currently work in this country.

Are we expecting businesses to act in the best interests of American workers out of a sense of patriotism? Businesses will do what's best for the bottom line and if that happens to be something that is bad for our country then we need politicians to pass laws preventing it.

Frankly this reminds me of Clinton's "cut it out" admonition to Wall Street. Businesses aren't going to "cut it out" if there's money to be made from not cutting it out. They need to be made to comply to regulations, something that isn't going to happen anytime soon as long as corporations own both political parties.

[Dustlawyer]

22. That's the real problem with those pesky regulations, they don't let you do whatever you want!

That's why they want to get rid of the EPA. It's not enough that they don't have a budget to actually inspect for violations, or that the regulatory agencies are run by appointees who come from the industries they regulate, meaning nothing gets regulated. They want to get rid of the EPA in case they ever have the capability and desire to ACTUALLY regulate!

[Arizona Roadrunner]

9. H-2 workers increase from just over 60,000 to 250,000!!!!

Recently in the congressional budget deal, H-2 employees (used mainly in the hospitality and golf course industry) was increased from 65,000 to 250,000. This is outrageous that people like Trump are profiteering because they don't want to pay Americans a decent wage.

[appalachiablue]

19. +1 Labor Sec. Robt. Reich saw the potential in the 90s.

And many Americans believe Trump when he says he'll bring the jobs back.

[lark]

10. Of course, he's a freaking liar.

All the Repug gushing about man of integrity and truth is pure bullshit and wishes, no reality at all. Wonder how many people lost their jobs when he filed BK 4 times, bet it was a significant amount.

[JimDandy]

21. A confidential source said one of Trumps companies in CA, that hires almost exclusively

those same Mexican nationals Trump says he wants to keep out with a wall, may be in financial trouble right now, as it's not paying it's bills.

[TeamPooka]

13. The Art of the Deal. nt

[redruddyred]

14. it's the same thing here

employers would rather socialize the cost of letting the elderly and disabled not work and pocket the profits for themselves.

there are plenty of people who can do these resort jobs: they just prefer to hire immigrants. they complain less about the substandard wages, abusive labor practices, and high cost of living. where i live, most of them are college students with rich parents or countries who socialize the cost of education (therefore lending less urgency to the need to make a living wage).

hypocritically they're also held to a lower standard than natives, which i would assume is bad for business but maybe not.

americans aren't lazy. they're just not willing to work for no future.

[lonestarnot]

15. Richie Rich sucks ass.

[IronLionZion]

16. Ooh yeah, he's such a job creator!

He said that he's the only candidate who has hired people

[SmittynMo]

17. May I ask as to why no one

has brought up any of this shit in the debates?

He's all fluff and bullshit. No backbone.

[vinny9698]

18. Because that is a core issue that the Chamber of Commerce is for

All GOP donors take advantage of those visas just look at Disneyland, silicon valley. Most of these are GOP supporters.
That's like asking why no one has bought up the issue of cutting the minimum wage in the Democratic debates.

[Arizona Roadrunner]

20. H-2b increased from 66,000 to 250,000

They recently increased the number of H-2b from 66,000 to 250,000. I have been wondering when the main stream media will ask the Donald about his conflict of stated interest. Hope this will be done, soon!