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High-Profile Russian Death In Washington Was No Accident — It Was Murder, Officials Say
The US government ruled Mikhail Lesin’s death an accident, but multiple intelligence and law enforcement officials suspect it was a Russian hit. The government is withholding information, so today BuzzFeed News has filed a lawsuit to pry the records loose.
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More Foreign Workers Requested By Trump’s Mar-A-Lago
It’s Made in America Week at the White House, but Mar-A-Lago and a nearby Trump National Golf Club have told the Department of Labor that there aren’t enough Americans to hire. These two Trump properties have now requested more than 230 foreign workers since he launched his presidential campaign.
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Ex-FIFA Executive Chuck Blazer, Key To Soccer Corruption Case, Has Died At 72
Blazer built up US soccer and amassed a fortune — then admitted to tax evasion, which made possible a widespread Justice Department corruption case against soccer’s governing body.
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Senators Want US Job Protections Before Expanding Foreign Workforce
A bipartisan group of senators, including Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, have asked the Labor and Homeland Security secretaries to ensure American jobs are protected before expanding the foreign workforce. Their letter cites a BuzzFeed News investigation.
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That Massive Investigation Into Soccer Corruption Is Still Alive And, Well, Kicking
The president of Guam’s Football Association pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of wire fraud.
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20th Century Fox Optioned Bill O’Reilly WWII Book Months Before His Exit
Rupert Murdoch leaned on his film studio to pick up O’Reilly’s book, according to a source. Now that Fox News has cut ties with O’Reilly amid a sexual harassment scandal, the book option’s future is uncertain.
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A Trump Golf Club In New York Seeks More Foreign Workers
Trump National Golf Club told the Department of Labor there weren’t enough American servers to hire. The jobs, located just 35 miles from Manhattan, pay $14.08 an hour.
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How Donald Trump’s Enemies Fell For A Billion-Dollar Hoax
An elaborate hoax based on forged documents escalates the phenomenon of “fake news” and reveals an audience on the left that seems willing to believe virtually any claim about Trump’s bad deeds.
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Trump Winery Seeks Even More Foreign Workers
The Virginia wine producer, owned by Eric Trump, is the latest Trump family business to seek foreign guest workers for US jobs. Latest request asks for 23 laborers, on top of six sought in December.
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These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties To Russia
A dossier, compiled by a person who has claimed to be a former British intelligence official, alleges Russia has compromising information on Trump. The allegations are unverified, and the report contains errors.
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Trump Vineyard Seeks More Foreign Workers
The Virginia wine producer is the latest Trump family business to seek foreign guest workers for US jobs.
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US Guest Worker Program Risks Human Trafficking, Says UN Official
A United Nations envoy said visa programs for short-term unskilled labor are of “of particular concern.”
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Trump May Bring In More Guest Workers
Trump himself has used the controversial program to bring in workers from other countries, and so have some of his appointees
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Trump Beach Resort In Florida Seeks More Foreign Workers
Companies Donald Trump owns or that bear his name continue to apply for permission to import foreign workers for jobs at resorts and golf courses from New York to Florida — at least 247 since he launched his presidential campaign.
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Trump’s Florida Clubs Absent From Job Fairs To Hire U.S. Workers
More than 100 employers around Palm Beach County have signed on to participate in job fairs to hire local workers for resorts. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago and Golf Club have not attended. Instead, the clubs have sought to import foreign workers on special visas
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Trump Seeks More Foreign Guest Workers For His Companies
The presidential candidate is seeking to bring in 78 more servers, housekeepers, and cooks for his Mar-a-Lago resort and nearby golf course. The controversial guest worker program allows employers to import foreign workers, but only when there are no Americans who want the jobs.
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Employers Abuse Foreign Workers. U.S. Says, By All Means, Hire More.
Abusing foreign “guest workers,” stealing their wages, even threatening their lives: There is almost no workplace abuse so extreme that the U.S. government will not reward employers with the chance to do it again.
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The Pied Piper Of North Carolina
Stan Eury turned an obscure bit of immigration law into a mammoth federal program — and a lucrative business empire, importing hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers for legal American jobs. Except that some of the jobs weren’t real jobs, and an untold number of those workers may never have returned to Mexico at all.
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Senators Spar Over Proposal To Increase Foreign Workers In The U.S.
Senators, including Bernie Sanders, are fighting a proposal that could expand by more than 130,000 the number of foreign workers brought into the U.S. while limiting protections for foreign and American workers.
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Trump Resort In Florida Relies On Foreign Guest Workers
Trump says it’s hard to find American workers for seasonal jobs in Palm Beach, but a local career center says it has “hundreds” of qualified candidates.
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