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Trump Tower Got Its Start With Undocumented Foreign Workers
NBC News ^ | Feb 26 2016, 3:16 pm ET | Lisa Riordan Seville, Cynthia McFadden and Michelle Melnick

Posted on 02/26/2016 8:04:38 PM PST by Hoodat

When Marco Rubio attacked Donald Trump on the debate stage this week for using undocumented Polish workers to build Trump Tower, the developer shrugged it off.

"He brings up something from 30 years ago," Trump shot back. "It worked out very well. Everybody was happy."

But a look into the history of the Trump Tower, the crown jewel of the real-estate mogul's empire, reveals the beginnings of the 68-story building were, in fact, rooted in the back-breaking labor of 150-odd Polish immigrants — most working illegally, some without full pay.

"It's constructed on the blood, sweat and tears of the Polish Brigade, as they were known in the industry," said attorney Wendy Sloan, who sued Trump and his contractor for union pension violations on the project. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1bigliar; aliens; carson; corruption; cruz; democrat; hypocrite; illegalaliens; kasich; palin; rubio; trump; trumpillegals; trumpimmigration
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Deflection.
Those are things he SAID he would do.

This article is about what he has actually done.

What’s your response to that?


81 posted on 02/27/2016 6:10:06 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: Lagmeister

So the buck won’t stop with him when he’s President?


82 posted on 02/27/2016 6:11:23 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Who Knew? Trump Favors Amnesty for Undocumented Immigrants
http://www.newsweek.com/who-knew-trump-favors-amnesty-undocumented-immigrants-395512

Deport illegals, but expedite the return of “the good ones” for legal status

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/30/trump-deport-illegals-but-expedite-the-return-of-the-good-ones-for-legal-status/

Trump’s Touch Back Proposal It’s A Senate Proposal Called ‘Touchback’
http://www.independentsentinel.com/trumps-deportation-proposal-isnt-nazism-its-a-senate-proposal-called-touchback/

Donald Trump’s companies sought visas to import at least 1,100 workers
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-exclusive-idUSKCN0Q62RQ20150802Trump:


83 posted on 02/27/2016 6:12:16 AM PST by GailA (any politician that won't keep his word to Veterans/Military won't keep them to You!)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Does it bother you that Trump thinks Hillary is better than Cruz?


84 posted on 02/27/2016 6:12:25 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: Hoodat
So the government saw fit to fine Trump and NOT round up the illegal immigrants?
85 posted on 02/27/2016 6:13:33 AM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: X-spurt

So the government saw fit to fine Trump and not round up the illegals.


86 posted on 02/27/2016 6:17:30 AM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
1. A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border.

Illegal Polish immigrants came across the eastern border so I imagine he's fine with it.

87 posted on 02/27/2016 6:17:48 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: bigtoona
He hired a contractor 30 years ago to do some work on the first construction of trump tower.

TRUE!

88 posted on 02/27/2016 6:41:59 AM PST by moehoward
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To: heights; proust

This ‘scandal’ is such a joke!

Stick a fork in it ...

Trump and his Evil Polish Immigrants [vanity]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3402588/posts


89 posted on 02/27/2016 9:04:04 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: ShivaFan
Sub-contractors. Not Trump.

I am aware. Still, I ping some of these controversial claims so that freepers who know the facts about labor law can comment.

Could Trump Organization be held legally liable for the hiring practices of its subcontractors 30-some years ago when this incident took place? That is the legal question.

90 posted on 02/27/2016 10:09:01 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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