the possibly illegal "workaround" magat billionaire supporters do to staff their warehouses

[orleans]

(heard joan esposito on wcpt talking about this on her show recently)

A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US, according to a Guardian investigation.

Uline – a giant Wisconsin-based office and shipping supply company controlled by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – shuttles in its own workers from Mexico, who are using tourist visas and visas meant for employees who are entering the US temporarily to receive professional training, known as B1 visas. But instead of being part of a dedicated training program, the Mexican employees stay for one to six months and – sources with direct knowledge of the matter allege – perform normal work in Uline’s US warehouses.

Lawyers and immigrants’ advocates told the Guardian they believed the alleged practice is likely illegal and could be exploitative of the workers enrolled in the program.

The company has allegedly used employees without proper work permits even as Dick Uihlein’s Super Pac, Restoration Pac, supported Trump’s presidential campaign with a TV advertisement attacking his opponent Kamala Harris for allowing an immigrant “invasion” at the US-Mexico border. The Uihleins have emerged as a major force in rightwing politics, spending tens of millions of dollars supporting candidates, including president-elect Trump and other rightwing politicians, who have called for a mass deportation of immigrants. They were the second-largest political donors in this year’s election, giving more than even Elon Musk, the world’s richest man.

(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/uline-mexican-workers-trump

was reminded of this when i saw this du thread
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143362186

[CurtEastPoint]

1. If you can stomach it, here's Mrs. U's 'Letter' What drivel. Horrible pair of humans.

[orleans]

3. ewww -- where the heck did you find this? nt

[CurtEastPoint]

4. On their official business website!

https://www.uline.com/Corporate/About_President

[orleans]

6. wow. i guess their products are for corporations so i'm sure that kind of shit really appeals to their client base nt

[LeftInTX]

7. Hey Manitowish Waters, was John Dillinger's and Baby Face Nelson's hangout! Quite fitting..LOL!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitowish_Waters,_Wisconsin

American businesspeople and political donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein are currently considered the "main benefactors" of Manitowish Rivers, owning a hotel, a condominium complex, a lakefront pavilion, a restaurant, a spa, a coffee shop, and two gift shops in the city, as well as numerous private residences. This is controversial among permanent residents of the town, as even though the Uihleins have invested more than 6.5 million dollars in the town between 2007 and 2015, the residents complain that they are "left in the dark" about Uihlein projects and that the Uihleins exert unfair influence over long-standing local businesses.[5]


In 1934, at the Little Bohemia Lodge on Little Star Lake, the FBI and Dillinger Gang were involved in a shootout, which resulted in the accidental shooting death of one local Civilian Conservation Corps worker and severely injuring two other workers by federal agents who mistook them for members of the gang. Agent W. Carter Baum was also shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson in a brief gunfight a short distance away, which resulted in another special agent and a local constable being wounded. All six members of the gang escaped the incident unharmed.

[Jose Garcia]

2. It is a shame that the Biden administration has been powerless to stop this

[LeftInTX]

5. I don't think they are powerless, but it's too late in his administration to do anything about it.

They need time to gather evidence. Kudos to the Guardian.
I'm sure the govt began investigating this. It can take a year for them to build a case.

Trump won't do anything and will drop this like a hot potato.