Trump Organization fires at least 18 undocumented immigrants working at golf courses

Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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Over the last two months, the Trump Organization fired at least 18 undocumented immigrants working at five of its golf clubs in New York and New Jersey, Eric Trump told The Washington Post on Monday.

Eric Trump and his brother, Donald Trump Jr., are leading the Trump Organization while their father is in the White House. In December, The New York Times reported that several undocumented immigrants were working at a New Jersey club, which triggered an internal audit, the Post says. Several people who were fired last month told the Post they used false Social Security and green cards to gain employment, and their supervisors were aware that these were fake documents.

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Last week, the Trump Organization said it will begin using E-Verify to check the documents provided by employees against government records. President Trump has railed against illegal immigration, demanding money for a wall along the southern border and suggesting he'll declare a national emergency in order to get the funding.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.