"Trump's companies have sought visas for 1,100 workers" (Over 15 years)

Conservative Tree House ^ | August 1, 2015 | Sundance

[true believer forever]

Those unfamiliar with the South Florida general labor market are most likely unfamiliar with the extreme swings in “seasonal need” workers.

Does the word "Snowbird" ring a bell? Florida has a "tourist season" which runs from (generally speaking) just after Thanksgiving to Easter annually. January, February and March are the peak. The first Monday in February is the absolute peak as almost every time-share and hotel unit flips that week.

The volume of work within the service and hospitality industry doubles during the tourist season, and those businesses who hire within the general labor market struggle to increase their labor in relationship to the increase in business. In addition, local workers looking for employment are reluctant to take temporary or "seasonal" jobs, and prefer longer term, more stable employment.

Many businesses need to double, or in some cases triple, their workforce in order to meet the business demand. [In 2014 97,300,000 tourists visited Florida].

Palm Beach, Florida tourism season doubles, and at times triples, the business not only for Donald Trump resorts, but for every business in and around the host and hospitality sector.

Palm Beach, like many South Florida areas even have celebrations when the "snowbirds", "frog heads", and "tourons" go home at season's end.

[true believer forever]

It's simple math: 1,100 / 15 = 73.33 per year. Yawn, who cares? Minimum wage in Florida currently 8.22. Trump pays his LEGAL immigrants 10-12 per hour. Apparently all Palm Beach locals that want to are working, few others nearby want to travel 10-15 miles for a 120-day min wage job. Trump has ALWAYS said he loves LEGAL IMMIGRATION, hires thousands of Mexicans legally.

250 of the visas were for fashion models.

[onyx]

The Truth Behind Donald Trump Hiring "Temp H-2B Visa Workers" in Florida

Posted on February 25, 2016, by sundance

In what they call a “Reuters Exclusive” the news agency tries to undermine Donald Trump’s candidacy because Trump businesses have used H-2B Visa applications to hire workers. This is an absolute joke, we’ll explain why.

Reuters Screenshot

Why this is a nothingburger – Those unfamiliar with the South Florida general labor market are most likely unfamiliar with the extreme swings in “seasonal need” workers.

Does the word “Snowbird” ring a bell? Florida has a “tourist season” which runs from (generally speaking) just after Thanksgiving to Easter annually. January, February and March are the peak. The first Monday in February is the absolute peak as almost every time-share and hotel unit flips that week.

The volume of work within the service and hospitality industry doubles during the tourist season, and those businesses who hire within the general labor market struggle to increase their labor in relationship to the increase in business. In addition, local workers looking for employment are reluctant to take temporary or “seasonal” jobs, and prefer longer term -more stable- employment.

Many businesses need to double, or in some cases triple, their workforce in order to meet the business demand. [In 2014 97,300,000 tourists visited Florida].

As a consequence many companies, including Trump owned resorts, have used H-2B visa workers to fill the gap between large fluctuations in business and the needed staffing shortfalls. From my own experience, many of the workers are students from South America (Argentina, Brazil, etc) who take the seasonal jobs Nov/Dec – March/April between their college seasons – and then return home.

In addition you’ll note the dates of the Reuters data:

Trump owns companies that have sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000, according to U.S. Department of Labor data reviewed by Reuters. Most of the applications were approved, the data show. (link)

“2000 through 2015” Another factor – During the timeframe of 2000 to 2007 the seasonal hiring problem was compounded by the boom in the housing market and overall thriving U.S. economy. Any generally healthy worker, who could swing a hammer, could triple their income switching to the housing or building sector.

Bartenders, waiters/waitresses, housekeepers, maintenance and general workers left the hospitality industry to make $25-$40hr in low skill construction jobs. The H-2B visa use increased at the same rate to help fill the worker void. Actually, the H-2B visa use initially started gaining wide-scale acceptance exactly for this reason. The economy was good, workers were scarce and demand for workers greater than the labor market.

[…] The Labor Department records don’t specify the nationality of the foreign workers sought by companies. But Trump could be bringing many Mexican workers into the United States.

Reuters examined records of applications for three categories of temporary work visas – the H-2A, H-2B and H-1B programs – submitted by employers to the Labor Department.

The temporary work visa program through which Trump’s companies have sought the greatest numbers of workers, H-2B, brings in mostly workers from Mexico. Mexicans made up more than 80 percent of the 104,993 admissions to the United States on H-2B visas in 2013. The Trump companies have sought at least 850 H-2B visa workers.

The H-2B program, which receives little government oversight, is used by companies in sectors ranging from hospitality to forestry to hire foreign workers for temporary jobs. Companies must prove that the jobs are seasonal – and that they tried and failed to hire Americans.

U.S. government watchdogs have criticized the H-2B and H-2A programs over the years for failing to protect foreign and American workers alike.

[…] The Mar-a-Lago, a luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, has sought the most foreign workers of the nine Trump businesses: 787 workers since 2006, according to the data.

This month, the resort filed paperwork seeking to bring in 70 foreign workers later this year on H-2B visas to serve as maids, cooks and wait staff, according to paperwork known as “job orders” published on the Labor Department’s web site. (read more)

See?

The entire article is a nothingburger once you understand the issue at hand. Palm Beach, Florida tourism season doubles, and at times triples, the business not only for Donald Trump resorts, but for every business in/around the host and hospitality sector.

Palm Beach, like many South Florida areas even have celebrations when the “snowbirds”, “frog heads”, and “tourons” go home at season’s end.

Reuters is trying to make a regional common practice seem like something rather controversial. The FAIL is strong on this one.

 

The Truth Behind Donald Trump Hiring "Temp H-2B Visa Workers" in Florida

Posted on February 25, 2016, by sundance

In what they call a “Reuters Exclusive” the news agency tries to undermine Donald Trump’s candidacy because Trump businesses have used H-2B Visa applications to hire workers. This is an absolute joke, we’ll explain why.

Reuters Screenshot

Why this is a nothingburger – Those unfamiliar with the South Florida general labor market are most likely unfamiliar with the extreme swings in “seasonal need” workers.

Does the word “Snowbird” ring a bell? Florida has a “tourist season” which runs from (generally speaking) just after Thanksgiving to Easter annually. January, February and March are the peak. The first Monday in February is the absolute peak as almost every time-share and hotel unit flips that week.

The volume of work within the service and hospitality industry doubles during the tourist season, and those businesses who hire within the general labor market struggle to increase their labor in relationship to the increase in business. In addition, local workers looking for employment are reluctant to take temporary or “seasonal” jobs, and prefer longer term -more stable- employment.

Many businesses need to double, or in some cases triple, their workforce in order to meet the business demand. [In 2014 97,300,000 tourists visited Florida].

As a consequence many companies, including Trump owned resorts, have used H-2B visa workers to fill the gap between large fluctuations in business and the needed staffing shortfalls. From my own experience, many of the workers are students from South America (Argentina, Brazil, etc) who take the seasonal jobs Nov/Dec – March/April between their college seasons – and then return home.

In addition you’ll note the dates of the Reuters data:

Trump owns companies that have sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000, according to U.S. Department of Labor data reviewed by Reuters. Most of the applications were approved, the data show. (link)

“2000 through 2015” Another factor – During the timeframe of 2000 to 2007 the seasonal hiring problem was compounded by the boom in the housing market and overall thriving U.S. economy. Any generally healthy worker, who could swing a hammer, could triple their income switching to the housing or building sector.

Bartenders, waiters/waitresses, housekeepers, maintenance and general workers left the hospitality industry to make $25-$40hr in low skill construction jobs. The H-2B visa use increased at the same rate to help fill the worker void. Actually, the H-2B visa use initially started gaining wide-scale acceptance exactly for this reason. The economy was good, workers were scarce and demand for workers greater than the labor market.

[…] The Labor Department records don’t specify the nationality of the foreign workers sought by companies. But Trump could be bringing many Mexican workers into the United States.

Reuters examined records of applications for three categories of temporary work visas – the H-2A, H-2B and H-1B programs – submitted by employers to the Labor Department.

The temporary work visa program through which Trump’s companies have sought the greatest numbers of workers, H-2B, brings in mostly workers from Mexico. Mexicans made up more than 80 percent of the 104,993 admissions to the United States on H-2B visas in 2013. The Trump companies have sought at least 850 H-2B visa workers.

The H-2B program, which receives little government oversight, is used by companies in sectors ranging from hospitality to forestry to hire foreign workers for temporary jobs. Companies must prove that the jobs are seasonal – and that they tried and failed to hire Americans.

U.S. government watchdogs have criticized the H-2B and H-2A programs over the years for failing to protect foreign and American workers alike.

[…] The Mar-a-Lago, a luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, has sought the most foreign workers of the nine Trump businesses: 787 workers since 2006, according to the data.

This month, the resort filed paperwork seeking to bring in 70 foreign workers later this year on H-2B visas to serve as maids, cooks and wait staff, according to paperwork known as “job orders” published on the Labor Department’s web site. (read more)

See?

The entire article is a nothingburger once you understand the issue at hand. Palm Beach, Florida tourism season doubles, and at times triples, the business not only for Donald Trump resorts, but for every business in/around the host and hospitality sector.

Palm Beach, like many South Florida areas even have celebrations when the “snowbirds”, “frog heads”, and “tourons” go home at season’s end.

Reuters is trying to make a regional common practice seem like something rather controversial. The FAIL is strong on this one.

 

[true believer forever]

Thanks for posting this. I think the best thing Trump supporters can do for the next 5 days is just take a step back, let the msm, conservative elites, the cruz and rube freaks, and all the others go on and on about what happened tonight.

Then, Tuesday night, collectively clear our throats and make sure the world knows what we have to say ...

“TRUMP TAKES IT ALL!!”

Have a great day!

[elhombrelibre]

Also, it doesn’t matter with Trump. It’s the Trump paradox. It’s not what Trump does or says that matters. What matters is what he’s selling us. We need not be concerned with consistency or with common courtesy if it’s Trump. He’s here to make us hypocrites and opportunists who drop our principles to Make America Great Again by following without questioning or asking for details.

[RC one]

This is a non-issue and won’t change the final outcome of this game. Trump will be the nominee.

[McGruff]

[true believer forever]

We all know how Cruz feels about the gang of 8 legislation, how’s he’s stood on principle against it and Rubio CONSISTENTLY, how he continually reminds us all what a travesty the bill is, what a failure Rubio is for joining in on it.

Well, tonight, after the debate he said he and Rubio would both make better Presidents than Trump.

Expediency, the heart of the Cruz campaign.

[true believer forever]

This is a non-issue and won't change the final outcome of this game. Trump will be the nominee.

Especially since Trump has said a couple hundred times how he loves the Mexican people, hires thousands of Mexicans and loves immigration as long as it's legal. What dolts Cruz and Rubio are.

[elhombrelibre]

Every Republican who has run this election year would be better than Trump. Trump’s appeal is to the emotional not the experienced in the institutions that run the USA. Trump’s glib answers are for people who think he’ll be running a dictatorship without an opposition in Congress or any of the other checks and balances.

[McGruff]

Nothing in Ted Cruz’s background makes him qualified to be president. If Trump runs the country like has has run his business he will “Make America Great Again”. Hell we don’t even know if Cruz is eligible to be president.

[true believer forever]

Every Republican who has run this election year would be better than Trump. Trump's appeal is to the emotional not the experienced in the institutions that run the USA. Trump's glib answers are for people who think he'll be running a dictatorship without an opposition in Congress or any of the other checks and balances.

if believing that floats your boat, have a great cruise..

Actually, I thought those with experience in the institutions that run the USA were the heart of the problem.

[Candor7]

So the onald usues migrant workers on temp visas for hotel work. Name one hotel chain that does not do the same.

I applaud The Donald for being a smart businessman.

BUT Trump does not hire illegals.

And Trumps response: “ I hire thousands of people and make thousands of jobs , how many do you make? ( to Rubio).Perfect.

[elhombrelibre]

Trump simply reinvented himself. He knew a lot of people are gullible, like you. I mean you believe in Putin too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcUCLwWCihE

[McGruff]

MARCO RUBIO: But I also think that if you’re going to claim that you’re the only one that lifted this into the campaign, that you acknowledge that, for example, you’re only person on this stage that has ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally.

You hired some workers from Poland...

TRUMP: No, no, I’m the only one on the stage that’s hired people. You haven’t hired anybody.

RUBIO: In fact, some of the people...

TRUMP: And by the way, I’ve hired — and by the way, I’ve hired tens of thousands of people over at my job. You’ve hired nobody.

[RginTN]

trump has always supported abortion too that why he will continue to fund the good things plannedparenthood does as they kill millions of babies every year.

yes, make America great with low skilled foreign workers trump employs rather than American workers

[RC one]

The primary issue is uncontrolled, disproportionate, illegal immigration across the southern border and its deleterious effect on our sovereignty, our political system, and our constitution.

Speaking for myself here, the issue has never been about legal immigration or legal work visas. I have no problem with legal immigration or with work visas so long as the system isn't rigged to avoid hiring American workers, to depress wages, or to extend the rights of citizenship to foreigners.

I have a huge problem with illegal immigration however.

[RC one]

separation of powers. a president Trump would have no power to defund planned parenthood. You're being incredibly dishonest.

[RginTN]

now you’re being dishonest. a president can sign legislation that funds plannedparenthood and a president can write an executive order to stop funds to plannedparenthood

[Techjock]

Yep. And he will lose the general.

[RC one]

Congress has to send him the legislation first and I doubt that they will do it. if they did, I think he would sign it. I don’t think the president can or should exercise the power of the purse via EO. Congress passes the bills and the President either signs them or declines them.