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Former Models for Donald Trump's Agency Say They Violated Immigration Rules and Worked Illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
James West Aug. 30, 2016 12:07 PM
Pierre Roussel/ Zuma Press; Louis Lanzano/AP Photo
Republican nominee Donald Trump has placed immigration at the core of his presidential campaign. He has claimed that undocumented immigrants are "taking our jobs" and "taking our money," pledged to deport them en masse, and vowed to build a wall on the Mexican border. At one point he demanded a ban on Muslims entering the country. Speaking to supporters in Iowa on Saturday, Trump said he would crack down on visitors to the United States who overstay their visas and declared that when any American citizen "loses their job to an illegal immigrant, the rights of that American citizen have been violated." And he is scheduled to give a major address on immigration in Arizona on Wednesday night.
But the mogul's New York modeling agency, Trump Model Management, has profited from using foreign models who came to the United States on tourist visas that did not permit them to work here, according to three former Trump models, all noncitizens, who shared their stories with Mother Jones. Financial and immigration records included in a recent lawsuit filed by a fourth former Trump model show that she, too, worked for Trump's agency in the United States without a proper visa.
Foreigners who visit the United States as tourists are generally not permitted to engage in any sort of employment unless they obtain a special visa, a process that typically entails an employer applying for approval on behalf of a prospective employee. Employers risk fines and possible criminal charges for using undocumented labor.
Founded in 1999, Trump Model Management "has risen to the top of the fashion market," boasts the Trump Organization's website, and has a name "that symbolizes success." According to a financial disclosure filed by his campaign in May, Donald Trump earned nearly $2 million from the company, in which he holds an 85 percent stake. Meanwhile, some former Trump models say they barely made any money working for the agency because of the high fees for rent and other expenses that were charged by the company. .................................
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Crooked T-rump comes to mind. The GOP are the same.
oasis
(49,370 posts)Unfortunately, the MSM seems to shy away from anything that would be perceived as a negative piling on of Trump.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)He's a crook and a simple con man
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)This needs to go viral!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028132898
yep, this needs to get more attention!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)The interview was scathing and absolutely laid bare how corrupt the agency is. So, the media is paying some attention.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)It's an expose done by Mother Jones.
duncang
(1,907 posts)From the recent listing of public documents on Dipshit's companies. The trump modeling agency has 2 shareholder's Dipshit donnie and Dipshit donnie jr. Sr. has 999 privately held shares at a value of 1$ each. (Minimum allowable amount) and jr has 1 share. Ivanka and eric have positions in the company. I'm pretty sure dipshit sr. was ceo.
Hekate
(90,627 posts)mopinko
(70,071 posts)description of the living conditions for the models sound exactly like those of sex slaves at the strip clubs here in chi.
busted a bunch of them from eastern europe a while ago, and the story is eerily the same.