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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 04:41 PM Jan 2019

Donald Trump's demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time...

Source: The Washington Post



Donald Trump’s 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 Trump’s golf club, winning employee-of-the-month awards and receiving glowing letters of recommendation.

Some were trusted enough to hold the keys to Eric Trump’s 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.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trumps-demand-for-a-border-wall-shut-down-the-government-at-the-same-time-his-company-was-firing-undocumented-workers/2019/01/26/8cf75d66-20c5-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html





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Donald Trump's demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time... (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
Thanks. I was trying to post that, but the firewall had me blocked. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #1
One reason they didn't call ICE was to avoid publicity. alfredo Jan 2019 #2
Consistency is not a trait of his or his minions' Fritz Walter Jan 2019 #3
That fat ass needs 2 orders of chicken wings on one plate. IronLionZion Jan 2019 #4
So the illegal employer walks free? SHRED Jan 2019 #5
Of course TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #6
Is this what makes America great? world wide wally Jan 2019 #7
Bastards. SeattleVet Jan 2019 #8
why? paleotn Jan 2019 #9

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)
1. Thanks. I was trying to post that, but the firewall had me blocked. NT
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 04:42 PM
Jan 2019

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.



EXCLUSIVE: President Trump’s demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time, his company was firing undocumented workers, via @partlowj and @fahrenthold



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



They are hoping to find other work. But they’re fearful. One said: at least Trump’s club didn’t call ICE on them. That was a small blessing.



Trump’s golf course employed undocumented workers — and then fired them amid showdown over border wall


alfredo

(60,074 posts)
2. One reason they didn't call ICE was to avoid publicity.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 05:13 PM
Jan 2019

Ice would have questioned them and find trump’s golf course knew they were undocumented.

IronLionZion

(45,451 posts)
4. That fat ass needs 2 orders of chicken wings on one plate.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 05:24 PM
Jan 2019

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.

“I told them they needed to consider us. I had worked almost 15 years for them in this club, and I’d given the best of myself to this job.”

“I’d 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.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)
6. Of course
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 06:53 PM
Jan 2019

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.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
8. Bastards.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 07:43 PM
Jan 2019

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 government’s 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)
9. why?
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 08:21 PM
Jan 2019

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.

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