Former Trump Models: Agency broke immigration law
A significantly bad news cycle for The Donald® gets worse:
Click here for reuse options![T]he mogul’s New York modeling agency, Trump Model Management, has profited from using foreign models who came to the United States on tourist visas that did not permit them to work here, according to three former Trump models, all noncitizens, who shared their stories with Mother Jones. Financial and immigration records included in a recent lawsuit filed by a fourth former Trump model show that she, too, worked for Trump’s agency in the United States without a proper visa.
Foreigners who visit the United States as tourists are generally not permitted to engage in any sort of employment unless they obtain a special visa, a process that typically entails an employer applying for approval on behalf of a prospective employee. Employers risk fines and possible criminal charges for using undocumented labor.
Founded in 1999, Trump Model Management “has risen to the top of the fashion market,” boasts the Trump Organization’s website, and has a name “that symbolizes success.” According to a financial disclosure filed by his campaign in May, Donald Trump earned nearly $2 million from the company, in which he holds an 85 percent stake. Meanwhile, some former Trump models say they barely made any money working for the agency because of the high fees for rent and other expenses that were charged by the company.
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By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
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Obewon September 30th, 2016 at 21:05
Trump no tell motel Model Management, has profited from using foreign models who came to the United States on tourist visas that did not permit them to work here.
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Mensa Member September 30th, 2016 at 21:26
When Trump bashes immigrants, he’s not talking about the hot models.
amersham1046 September 30th, 2016 at 21:33
But he made sure they went not those damn Mexicans
William October 2nd, 2016 at 02:33
I hope when the dust settles this clown spends the rest of his life dealing with lawsuits and indictments
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whatthe46 October 2nd, 2016 at 03:11
as long as he pays the attys up front. i read an article where a woman had started a catering company and tRump hired her to cater his and his 2nd wife’s wedding. it went very well and it was about as perfect as it could get. at the end, he refused to pay her saying that, because she catered for him, she would now get jobs. she wanted to sue and he warned her she couldn’t afford it. she paid what she could to her staff, not full pay, because she wouldn’t have survived the loss. this pos is one dirty bastard.