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arcane1

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27. "Surprise! Some Workers Building Trump’s Newest Hotel Reportedly Came to U.S. Illegally"
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 03:46 PM
Jul 2015

Despite his recent statements about the types of undocumented Mexicans who come over the border, and his stubborn refusal to walk those statements back as he’s seen business deals crumble, a Washington Post article on Tuesday revealed that Donald Trump may be reliant upon undocumented-immigrant labor to construct his latest real-estate development.

The Post interviewed several construction workers and day laborers working on Trump’s new $200 million Washington, D.C., hotel, and discovered that some were undocumented immigrants, afraid for their jobs in light of Trump’s announcement. Others, who agreed to be interviewed on the record, said they were once undocumented immigrants who obtained legal status, and expressed “disgust” at Trump’s disparaging comments.

“The majority of us are Hispanics, many who came illegally,” Ivan Arellano, a mason who originally came from Mexico and eventually gained his legal status through marriage, told the Post. “And we’re all here working very hard to build a better life for our families.”


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http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/07/illegal-immigrants-donald-trump-hotel



His clothing line is made in China, too

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First rec! femmocrat Jul 2015 #1
Ugh...he is so full of HATE! SoapBox Jul 2015 #2
Unrec RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #3
He's dangerous. He's exposing the Republican base for what it is. alp227 Jul 2015 #7
Agreed. SoapBox Jul 2015 #11
He's the candidate approved by everyone's racist uncle. Initech Jul 2015 #14
I thought that, too... Saviolo Jul 2015 #13
If you don't understand the focus, you don't understand American media. MADem Jul 2015 #16
Yeah, the reich wing talking sacks of s--t on Faux "News" were going on about it this morning. 47of74 Jul 2015 #4
At a 4th of July get together at a friend's LibDemAlways Jul 2015 #18
Jeb is wrong, Trumps views are widely held by Republicans and the Republican Party liberal N proud Jul 2015 #5
The only solution to this Republican predicament is to revise recent history and claim the GOP always treated Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #6
The only problem though, as I see it, it gives jeb bush an opening to be the "reasonable" one. calimary Jul 2015 #8
+1. You are exactly correct. n/t RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #9
gah! Could you imagine this guy yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #10
I'll be rubbing my hind legs if Trump gets the nom! d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #15
you are assuming an intelligent voting population, and incorruptible voting machines and counting, niyad Jul 2015 #20
If that's the case then we're stuck with President J. Bush already d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #24
do you deny the reality of the obstacles I mentioned? it is not niyad Jul 2015 #25
Not every state is illiterate or fixed d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #28
do not put words in my mouth. nothing that you said is what I said, but nice try. niyad Jul 2015 #29
I didn't put anything in your mouth (not yet anyway) d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #30
The alien symbiant that lives under his scalp and whose tentacles we see on his head aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #12
Cruz is such a lump of shit. PersonNumber503602 Jul 2015 #17
That's insulting.... 47of74 Jul 2015 #19
Your comment resonates with me Midnight Writer Jul 2015 #22
C'mon, you have to give him SOME credit... Grown2Hate Jul 2015 #21
I bet he employs undocumented workers at his properties XRubicon Jul 2015 #23
He doesn't need to excuse...they would be just the very few "good ones". Easy peasy. libdem4life Jul 2015 #26
"Surprise! Some Workers Building Trump’s Newest Hotel Reportedly Came to U.S. Illegally" arcane1 Jul 2015 #27
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