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babylonsister

(171,079 posts) Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:47 PM Feb 2018

3 Trump properties posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs. Only one went to a US worker.

3 Trump properties posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs. Only one went to a US worker.
“America First” doesn’t seem to apply to the president’s own businesses.
By Alexia Fernández Campbell@AlexiaCampbellalexia@vox.com
Feb 13, 2018, 9:00am EST

President Donald Trump's businesses don’t seem too concerned about “America First."

A Vox analysis of hiring records for seasonal workers at three Trump properties in New York and Florida revealed that only one out of 144 jobs went to a US worker from 2016 to the end of 2017. Foreign guest workers with H-2B visas got the rest.

The H-2B visa program allows seasonal, non-agricultural employers — like hotels and ski resorts — to hire foreign workers when they can’t find American ones. The Trump administration temporarily expanded this guest-worker program in 2017 while restricting other avenues of legal immigration, including the H-1B program for high-skilled workers.

The Trump Organization is exactly the kind of company that relies on the H-2B visa program for low-skilled workers.

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https://www.vox.com/2018/2/13/16466542/trump-h-2b-guest-workers

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3 Trump properties posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs. Only one went to a US worker. (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2018 OP

MAGA in Action dlk Feb 2018 #1

He's been doing it for years. As the H-2B sponsored employer, the employees can only work for him politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2018 #2

So MAGA was only a ruse? babylonsister Feb 2018 #3

dlk

(11,575 posts)

1. MAGA in Action

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:50 PM

Feb 2018

politicaljunkie41910

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2. He's been doing it for years. As the H-2B sponsored employer, the employees can only work for him

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:57 PM

Feb 2018

while in this country. He can pay them what he wants, treat them as he wants, and dismiss them if they don't 'please' him. There'e a reason he chooses low-skilled workers from foreign countries to employ at his business establishments.

babylonsister

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3. So MAGA was only a ruse?

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 04:33 PM

Feb 2018

We know that, but do his acolytes? Probably not.

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