On Immigration, Donald Trump Is A Rank Hypocrite
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 9 months ago
NYT:
Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., describes itself as “one of the most highly regarded private clubs in the world,” and it is not just the very-well-to-do who want to get in.
Since 2010, nearly 300 United States residents have applied or been referred for jobs as waiters, waitresses, cooks and housekeepers there. But according to federal records, only 17 have been hired.
In all but a handful of cases, Mar-a-Lago sought to fill the jobs with hundreds of foreign guest workers from Romania and other countries.
In his quest for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Trump has stoked his crowds by promising to bring back jobs that have been snatched by illegal immigrants or outsourced by corporations, and voters worried about immigration have been his strongest backers.
But he has also pursued more than 500 visas for foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago since 2010, according to the United States Department of Labor, while hundreds of domestic applicants failed to get the same jobs.
Or, put another way, Trump has deliberately chosen to hire foreign workers to fill those jobs that “Americans just won’t do.” 17 out of 300? That’s 5.6 percent. 17 out of 500? That’s 3.4 percent. Bad! So what’s Trump’s excuse? That’s he’s a businessman and that these are the realities on the ground? That, I’m afraid, won’t wash. When Disney behaved like this, there was a loud and sustained outcry from . . . well, no less than Donald Trump himself. In an interview with Breitbart, Trump argued that Disney should be forced to rehire any Americans it had overlooked or replaced. Trump also said this: If I am President, I will not issue any H-1B visas to companies that replace American workers and my Department of Justice will pursue action against them. And he offered this critique of expanding the “H” program: It would allow any company in America to replace any worker with cheaper foreign labor. It legalizes job theft. It gives companies the legal right to pass over Americans, displace Americans, or directly replace Americans for good-paying middle class jobs.
Oh dear. You mean to tell me that Donald Trump is a charlatan, hypocrite and liar? Remember boys and girls. Noise, light and magic. Noise, lights and magic.
On February 27, 2016 at 7:14 pm, Tim said:
You can keep posting articles about how terrible Trump is but it’s similar to pissing in to the wind. The amount of disgust for ALL politicians, and your man Cruz is a politician, is too great.
On February 27, 2016 at 10:11 pm, Herschel Smith said:
I think you’re, the Trumpbots will swarm when I do and very few if any minds will be changed. And I will continue to do it because it entertains me.
On March 2, 2016 at 10:32 am, Tim said:
You normally write in complete sentences but your reply doesn’t keep that standard. Try again.
On March 2, 2016 at 10:37 am, Herschel Smith said:
Good point. “I think you’re [right] …”