Trump wins visas to hire 70 foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago

The Trump Organization has won the permission to hire 70 foreign workers to serve as maids, cooks and servers for the 2017-2018 tourist season, according to data from the U.S. Labor Department.

The Palm Beach Post reported Friday that Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., won the permission after first applying for the H-2B visas in July. The request was originally filed during Trump's "Made In America" week at the White House.

Palm Beach's unemployment rate currently sits at 3.6 percent. A local job placement agency told the Post that there are plenty of local workers who would be eager to fill the positions.

"We currently have 5,136 qualified candidates in Palm Beach County for various hospitality positions listed in the Employ Florida state jobs database," CareerSource spokesman Tom Veenstra said Friday.

The number of foreign workers hired by Mar-a-Lago is a slight increase from the 2016-2017 season, when the resort hired 64 foreign workers using H-2B visas. Trump defended the practice during a GOP primary debate in March of last year.

“It’s very, very hard to get people,” Trump said. “Other hotels do the exact same thing.”

Trump prefers to employ people who won't complain about unsafe work conditions or report him for insanitary facilities for fear of being deported.

who give a flying eff !!!!

mapoui post=353609 Wrote:who give a flying eff !!!!

Didn't Trump always talk about America first? Irony or hypocrisy?

yes..both..irony and hypocrisy. but that is what they all are so I expect such behavior from them all the time. and I am never disappointed.

that is no news to me. nutten deh do is ever news to me. I know the ice man very well indeed

wonder if Trump pays health insurance for his employees?

renegade post=353613 Wrote:wonder if Trump pays health insurance for his employees?

most likely no. no health insurance fuh dem
as a businessman Trump is awful..has always been..took advantage of everything and everyone.
Trump is what I called a scorched earth capitalist.
he went for those forrin workers for a reason. paying their health insurance defeats that reason to my mind

Hypocrisy. Not to mention that he and Ivanka outsource ALL of their manufacturing of products to other countries, without a peep about that from his base.

pay wat insurance!!1 wud dat not defeat the purpose of going for the forrin workers...deh cost less?

if you pay deh health insurance you might as well hire americans

wat the hell am I doing. I said this already. sorry

renegade post=353620 Wrote:Hypocrisy. Not to mention that he and Ivanka outsource ALL of their manufacturing of products to other countries, without a peep about that from his base.

as I said dat is wat deh are. dat is their religion - hypocrisy :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: