President Trump's immigration policies will hurt his golf business

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There's an article at Golf Digest's website about the impacts on the golf course business should the president's deportation plans go into effect. Here are a few key paragraphs:

But when the topic turned to his life as an undocumented immigrant, pride turned to fear. In 2011, Georgia passed a bill that granted local police the power to check the immigration papers of people they stop. Since then, he rarely ventured outside except to go to work. He sent money home each month to care for his ailing wife in rural Mexico. If he were deported, how would he support her? He ended the interview in tears.

In the wake of President Trump’s executive orders on immigration, signed on January 25, the fear I saw in the maintenance worker’s eyes has swept through immigrant communities across the country. Virtually all undocumented immigrants are now “priorities” for deportation, not just those convicted of a crime. To implement the crackdown, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to add 10,000 agents and deputize local law enforcement officials to enforce immigration laws. This will not be subtle. Last week, Trump called the effort a “military operation.”

Golf as we know it couldn’t exist without Latino immigrants. They make up two-thirds of the maintenance workforce, doing critical but easily overlooked work. Nearly every golfer has played on courses maintained by them, including Trump. Last year, when I visited the Trump National Golf Club in Palos Verdes, Calif., maintenance workers told me that of the roughly two dozen workers, all but one was a Latino immigrant. (Each employee I spoke with had originally crossed the border illegally, but later become a legal resident.)

The entire article is here:

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/why-president-trumps-immigration-policy-could-affect-golfs-workforce-more-than-you-think

This is yet another example of how Donald Trump hasn't thought through any of his ideas.