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Wednesday, September 07, 2016 2:19:42 PM
Senator Calls for Homeland Security to Investigate Trump's Model Agency
"I am extremely concerned by the claims levied against Trump Model Management."
James West Sep. 7, 2016 10:00 AM
Former Trump model Rachel Blais: Elle Magazine; Donald Trump: Gerald Herbert/AP; US Senate Letterhead:
Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is calling on federal authorities to investigate Trump Model Management for alleged labor and immigration violations, in the wake of a Mother Jones investigation of the company. [ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration ]
Three former Trump models, all non-US citizens, told Mother Jones they worked for the GOP nominee's agency while on tourist visas. Immigration laws require employers to seek work authorization for any foreigner they hire. Financial [ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3035912-Alexia-Palmer-Financial-Ledger-2011-2014.html ] and immigration records [ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3035931-Alexia-Palmer-LCA-H1B-Petition.html ] included in a recent lawsuit filed by a fourth former Trump model indicate that she also worked for Trump's agency without a proper visa.
"I am extremely concerned by the claims levied against Trump Model Management and ask that you open an investigation into the company's employment practices," Boxer wrote in a Wednesday letter to León Rodríguez, the director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), a part of the Department of Homeland Security.
Boxer wrote that the allegations in Mother Jones' exposé were "disturbing," and she called on the agency to "make clear that immigration and labor violations like these will not be tolerated." The letter was also sent to Labor Secretary Tom Perez.
Read the full letter here: Go to the LINK to read Barbara's Letter! Right here [ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-models-illegal-immigration-investigation-barbara-boxer-letter ]
The letter from Sen. Barbara Boxer sent Wednesday morning requesting that the US Immigration and Customs Service investigate employment practices at Trump Model Management. Click to enlarge. Sen. Barbara Boxer
Two of the former models told Mother Jones that they were coached on how to evade the scrutiny of immigration and customs officers by using fake pretenses for entering the country and even writing false addresses on customs forms.
While working for Trump's agency, the models said, they were charged exorbitant rent to bunk with other Trump models in cramped, dormitory-style quarters while competing for coveted work visas. Those who didn't make the cut were sent home—but not until after rent and other fees were deducted from their Trump Model Management earnings.
Trump Model Management has yet to comment publicly on the allegations, and Donald Trump's campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, declined to answer detailed questions about the story. "That has nothing to do with me or the campaign," she told Mother Jones last week.
Gov. Mike Pence, Trump's vice presidential running mate, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota last Wednesday, "These sidebar issues that come up, his business enterprise can address those and I'm confident they'll address them forthrightly."
Boxer has been a prominent critic [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/barbara-boxer-goes-after-trump-pence/2016/07/26/996f4374-5377-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_video.html ] of Donald Trump, and last week, as Trump traveled to Mexico for a surprise meeting with President Peña Nieto, she took to Twitter to blast the nominee:
[ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/senator-barbara-boxer-reality-show-host-donald-trump ]
Barbara Boxer
?
@BarbaraBoxer
Apparently Trump never built a wall to keep foreign models from working illegally in this country for low pay.
11:51 AM - 31 Aug 2016
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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-models-illegal-immigration-investigation-barbara-boxer-letter
"I am extremely concerned by the claims levied against Trump Model Management."
James West Sep. 7, 2016 10:00 AM
Former Trump model Rachel Blais: Elle Magazine; Donald Trump: Gerald Herbert/AP; US Senate Letterhead:
Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is calling on federal authorities to investigate Trump Model Management for alleged labor and immigration violations, in the wake of a Mother Jones investigation of the company. [ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration ]
Three former Trump models, all non-US citizens, told Mother Jones they worked for the GOP nominee's agency while on tourist visas. Immigration laws require employers to seek work authorization for any foreigner they hire. Financial [ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3035912-Alexia-Palmer-Financial-Ledger-2011-2014.html ] and immigration records [ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3035931-Alexia-Palmer-LCA-H1B-Petition.html ] included in a recent lawsuit filed by a fourth former Trump model indicate that she also worked for Trump's agency without a proper visa.
"I am extremely concerned by the claims levied against Trump Model Management and ask that you open an investigation into the company's employment practices," Boxer wrote in a Wednesday letter to León Rodríguez, the director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), a part of the Department of Homeland Security.
Boxer wrote that the allegations in Mother Jones' exposé were "disturbing," and she called on the agency to "make clear that immigration and labor violations like these will not be tolerated." The letter was also sent to Labor Secretary Tom Perez.
Read the full letter here: Go to the LINK to read Barbara's Letter! Right here [ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-models-illegal-immigration-investigation-barbara-boxer-letter ]
The letter from Sen. Barbara Boxer sent Wednesday morning requesting that the US Immigration and Customs Service investigate employment practices at Trump Model Management. Click to enlarge. Sen. Barbara Boxer
Two of the former models told Mother Jones that they were coached on how to evade the scrutiny of immigration and customs officers by using fake pretenses for entering the country and even writing false addresses on customs forms.
While working for Trump's agency, the models said, they were charged exorbitant rent to bunk with other Trump models in cramped, dormitory-style quarters while competing for coveted work visas. Those who didn't make the cut were sent home—but not until after rent and other fees were deducted from their Trump Model Management earnings.
Trump Model Management has yet to comment publicly on the allegations, and Donald Trump's campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, declined to answer detailed questions about the story. "That has nothing to do with me or the campaign," she told Mother Jones last week.
Gov. Mike Pence, Trump's vice presidential running mate, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota last Wednesday, "These sidebar issues that come up, his business enterprise can address those and I'm confident they'll address them forthrightly."
Boxer has been a prominent critic [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/barbara-boxer-goes-after-trump-pence/2016/07/26/996f4374-5377-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_video.html ] of Donald Trump, and last week, as Trump traveled to Mexico for a surprise meeting with President Peña Nieto, she took to Twitter to blast the nominee:
[ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/senator-barbara-boxer-reality-show-host-donald-trump ]
Barbara Boxer
?
@BarbaraBoxer
Apparently Trump never built a wall to keep foreign models from working illegally in this country for low pay.
…“Like a sweatshop”: the not-so-glamorous lives of foreign Trump models who say they worked in the US illegally https://t.co/sJhePW7wyQ
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 30, 2016
11:51 AM - 31 Aug 2016
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Senator Calls for Homeland Security to Investigate Trump's Model Agency
James West
Trump Attacks Clinton As "Trigger-Happy and Unstable" in Foreign Policy Speech
Max J. Rosenthal
The Races Where Trump Could Cost Republicans Their Senate Majority
Patrick Caldwell
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-models-illegal-immigration-investigation-barbara-boxer-letter
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