Amid Border Wall Shutdown, Trump’s Golf Club Quietly Fired Undocumented Employees

U.S. President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resortduring the U.S. President's first official visit to the United Kingdom on July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. The President of the United States and First Lady, Melania Trump on their first official visit to the UK after yesterday's meetings with the Prime Minister and the Queen is in Scotland for private weekend stay at his Turnberry.
TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND - JULY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resort during the U.S. President's first official visit to the United Kingdom on July 15, 2018 in... TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND - JULY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resort during the U.S. President's first official visit to the United Kingdom on July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. The President of the United States and First Lady, Melania Trump on their first official visit to the UK after yesterday's meetings with the Prime Minister and the Queen is in Scotland for private weekend stay at his Turnberry. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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While President Donald Trump was keeping the government shut down for weeks over the need for a border wall to bar potential immigrants, his golf club in Westchester County was quietly firing a dozen undocumented employees, some of whom had been there for years.

According to a Saturday Washington Post report, the firings at the Trump National Golf Club in New York happened one after another starting January 18.

Managers told the employees that the company had audited their papers—some which had been submitted years before—and found them to be fake.

Per the Post, accountants at the golf club had looked the other way for years over the phony papers, one former manager describing the policy as “don’t ask, don’t tell” to keep labor costs cheap.

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  1. Missing from this story no doubt is that they also immediately called ICE to get them deported before they could testify against anyone associated with Team Toadglans.

  2. And immediately retained them as independent contractors.

  3. Avatar for n_b n_b says:

    For significantly less money.

  4. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Oddly enough, they knew exactly whose paperwork to audit, and it was easy to recognize as fake. Because they had supplied it.

  5. “one former manager describing the policy as “don’t ask, don’t tell” to keep labor costs cheap

    bookmarking

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