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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 09:28 AM Jul 2016

Mid-campaign, Trump applies for visas to hire 78 low-paid foreign "guest workers" for Mar-a-Lago

Mid-campaign, Trump applies for visas to hire 78 low-paid foreign "guest workers" for his Mar-a-Lago resort.


Donald Trump has made restoring American jobs a centerpiece of his campaign, a pledge he reiterated last week when he accepted the Republican nomination for president: “I’m going to bring our jobs back to Ohio and Pennsylvania and New York and Michigan and all of America,” he said.

This month, Trump is bringing jobs to Florida, as he looks to hire 78 servers, housekeepers, and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach and the nearby Trump National Golf Club, Jupiter.

But instead of making sure those jobs go to Americans, he is seeking to import foreign workers for the positions, which pay $10.17 an hour for housekeepers, $11.13 an hour for servers, and $12.74 for cooks. He filed applications this month claiming he couldn’t find enough Americans to do that work, and is seeking temporary visas to bring in 65 workers at Mar-a-Lago along with another seven waiters and six cooks at the golf club.

The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment. A call to Mar-a-Lago was not returned, and an employee at the Jupiter golf club declined to comment. But in the past, Trump has defended his use of guest workers by saying there was no other way to fill the jobs.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagarrison/trump-seeks-more-foreign-guestworkers-for-his-companies?utm_term=.kamV1DgVX#.cdqAWknA5

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Mid-campaign, Trump applies for visas to hire 78 low-paid foreign "guest workers" for Mar-a-Lago (Original Post) kpete Jul 2016 OP
K & R ......for visibility.. Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #1
There is a way to fill the jobs with Americans Sanity Claws Jul 2016 #2
He's doing this during the campaign, right? greymattermom Jul 2016 #3
Add that to the pile containing his NY State application for funds Mc Mike Jul 2016 #4
World's biggest hypocrite! smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #5

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
3. He's doing this during the campaign, right?
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 09:41 AM
Jul 2016

How stupid does he think the poorly educated are? Education and intelligence aren't the same thing, and anyone can figure this out.

Mc Mike

(9,107 posts)
4. Add that to the pile containing his NY State application for funds
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 11:15 AM
Jul 2016

that aid small businesses earning less than $500,000/year, and his attempt to get gov aid to keep rising sea levels from damaging on of his golf courses.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. World's biggest hypocrite!
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:02 PM
Jul 2016

The Clinton campaign needs to hammer him on this stuff. Also on how he stiffs small business owners and other hardworking people. He would be the WORST thing that could happen to the average working American.

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