Report: Undocumented Immigrants Are Working On Trump's Fancy New DC Hotel

[TheBlackAdder]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-dc-hotel-undocumented-workers


"Undocumented immigrants are among the construction workers on real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's new Washington, D.C. luxury hotel project, The Washington Post reported Monday."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/they-say-they-arrived-in-the-us-illegally-now-theyre-working-on-trumps-dc-hotel/2015/07/06/9a785116-20ec-11e5-84d5-eb37ee8eaa61_story.html

[hatrack]

1. Well this was just a matter of time . . . . but even so . . .

[Human101948]

2. It's no secret that almost every construction job has undocumented workers...

That's how subcontractors make their profits.

[1939]

3. Yes, undocumented immigrants have destroyed the construction trades

But the former construction workers were all Reagan Democrats so tough luck.


Now those nasty Indians stealing IT jobs, that is worthy of outrage.

[Human101948]

4. I know a Teamster who delivered cement to construction sites...

and he is no Reagan Democrat.

[closeupready]

5. Just like that talking head on CNN from a few years back -

supermillionaire newsreader/chat host who repudiated immigration, and then woops!, turns out many illegals were being employed at his horse dressage establishment for years and years!

[Igel]

6. So what you're saying ...

is that you want every CEO to personally review the I-9 records for each an every company employee as well as the employees of each and every subcontractor, making sure that all the documentation provided is legit--neither forged nor stolen.

Does the personal responsibility extend to making sure that the employees of vendors and the employees of the companies that the vendor contracts with are properly documented?

I know, it's because then the CEO could do the civic-responsibility thing and ensure that not only is each one fired, but any forged or stolen documentation is reported so that the undocumented immigrant can be deported to free up job slots for American citizens and permanent residents.

Otherwise it's a silly gotcha, regardless of whether it's (R) or (D). l

[rdking647]

8. i would think as the building owner he would do anyhting to prevent rapists from working on it

it may be a silly gotcha but thats the price trump has to pay for his idiotic comments

[TheBlackAdder]

9. He has minions for that... especially, when running for office and harboring such 'beliefs.'

Funny, every company I know ensures their contractors and employees are US citizens.

Apparently, Trump hires some shady businesses if their HR departments allow undocumented workers or look the other way.

Trump is guilty of allowing this practice to occur. There wouldn't be an illegal issue if employers enforced these rules, but when companies allow such practices to occur, it provides the magnet for undocumented workers to enter the country.

I bet Trump does not permanently discharge each of those contracting firms for violating the law.

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If he dropped the boom, like every employer I've known, they wouldn't place undocumented workers on his sites.

[jwirr]

7. I have no doubt it is the highest and most dangerous jobs they are doing also. I have seen this

happen in building siloes and other tall buildings etc. in other states.