re: #298 Dr. Matt

Worst economy ever.

Oh, and Trump decides to complain about how he can’t find people to fill jobs at one of his US properties.

.@SchoofsFeed same logic applied when he offshore the jobs to make his clothing line in Mexico and China. All he cares about is his profit

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2015

A bedrock principle of the H-2 visa program — which Trump’s Mar-a-Lago has used to bring in overseas workers — is that no American worker should ever be deprived of a job in favor of a foreign guestworker. Companies are required by law to take certain steps to show that they have tried but failed to find American workers before they can be approved for visas for foreign workers. But a BuzzFeed News investigation published this week found that many companies that bring in guest workers go to extraordinary lengths to avoid hiring American workers so they can bring in foreign workers on H-2 visas instead.

Trump’s club appears to have followed recruitment rules. When the Mar-a-Lago has openings for which it hopes to bring in foreign workers, it has first posted those positions in the state online job board and in ads with the Palm Beach Post, steps that are required by law.

But despite Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail to “Put American Workers First,” Mar-a-Lago has not — with one exception this fall — availed itself of the local career center to find U.S. workers, officials there said, instead relying on foreign workers.

Make America Great Again he says. Guess he’s referring to making America great on the backs of foreign workers - many of whom worked for a pittance in the most dangerous jobs of the day, or in the worst conditions - like those who built the railroads for the barons, worked the steel mills, or dug the mines. Today? It’s about bringing in folks to do jobs in the hospitality industry. Or manufacturing clothing (which Trump decided to offshore entirely, rather than make his clothing line in the US).