Exclusive: Major human trafficker is huge GOP donor who fought illegal immigration

[kpete]

Exclusive: Major human trafficker is huge GOP donor who fought illegal immigration

By Sahil Kapur
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 -- 10:06 am


A business owner indicted for the human trafficking of 400 laborers from Thailand is a frequent donor to the Republican Party and recently waged war against other companies involved with hiring illegal immigrants.

The Associated Press reports http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090204657.html that according to the allegations, "the recruiters lured the workers with false promises of lucrative jobs, then confiscated their passports, failed to honor their employment contracts and threatened to deport them."

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The man at the helm is Mordechai Orian, 45, President and CEO of the Los Angeles-based Global Horizons Manpower Inc., a labor contracting group. Five of his affiliates and contractors were also charged in the scheme.

Orian gave tens of thousands of dollars to the National Republican Congressional Committee on eight occasions between 2004 and 2006, according to the election records database Newsmeat. His largest contribution of $11,000 came on July 13, 2006. Orian also gave $2000 to the GOP-affiliated Restore America PAC twice in that period.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090204657.html
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/0903/major-human-trafficker-frequent-gop-donor-fought-illegal-immigration/
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Orian&first=Mordechai
They are nurses. They are teachers. They pick your apples. How immigration law has set legal foreign workers up for a new kind of indentured servitude--and this time, there's no paying off your contract.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/05/immigration-law-indentured-servitude
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002185305_globalworkers20m.html

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Here's a few of the folks in that received money from Restore America.

Mike Dewine For US Senate $10,000
Santorum 2006 $10,000
Steele For Maryland $10,000
Talent For Senate $10,000
Bob Corker For Senate $5,000
Chabot For Congress $5,000
Ed Bryant For Senate $5,000
Jim Ryun For Congress $5,000
Jon Kyl for US Senate $5,000
Kansas Republican Party $5,000
Ohioans For Blackwell $5,000
Republican Party, The Washington State $5,000
Friends Of George Allen $2,000
Friends Of Katherine Harris $2,000
Orian, Mordechai Y $2,000 Donation Returned
http://www.newsmeat.com/...

It's very interesting that this guy has violated all kinds of laws for years, yet he remained in business until now. hmmmmmm...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/9/2/898619/-Human-Trafficking-Ring-Busted,-Suspect-is-Repub-Donor

[ensho]

1. shine the light on the roaches

nt

[NJmaverick]

2. K & R!

[Enrique]

3. "Restore America PAC"

America did have a great past, didn't it, from the human trafficker point of view.

[Blue Owl]

4. Damn those cheap labor Republicans

and their textbook GOP hypocrisy.

[G_j]

5. OK, the WP revealed the names, and no major media otlets

are making the connection?

imagine if the donations were to Democrats

[SugarShack]

12. Those son a bitches! Google the Franklin Cover Up and you'll find ties to Poppy Bush and

on this list you see ties to W. Bush, especially those that helped to steal his two elections...

Katherine Harris and Kenneth Blackwell....for starters. This all started a long time ago.

Those picking food are lucky, many others become sex slaves.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. disgusting......

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Tippy]

8. K&R...Does this mean those on the list are promoting slavery?

[dmr]

19. Well, they certainly have benefited from slavery, and benefited by keeping Americans out of work.

This would make a good commercial.
:hi:

[Sheepshank]

9. ahhhh (R) immigration reform, to avoid employer responsibilities

I see now where that is coming from.

[LeftinOH]

10. Thread too good (i.e. important) to sink; k&r

[Vehl]

11. oh the hypocrisy...but on second thoughts...hypocrisy and the GOP are bedfellows . nt

[barbtries]

13. k n r

sometimes i'm sorry that my outrage - o - meter appears to be broken. this deserves plenty.

[Parker CA]

14. K&R

[glinda]

15. K & R Now where is the Media on this? hmmmmmmmm

[Beartracks]

16. Oh. So... Sarah Palin isn't involved in this?

Move along. Move along. Nothing to see here.

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[alp227]

17. You know why? Republicans' support for border security abets trafficking doesn't it?

Think about how Prohibition encouraged bootlegging of alcohol. With an extremely tight border, the incentive to cross by any illegal means increases. What a bunch of disgusting thugs who represent the anti-humane Republican mentality.

[chillspike]

18. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!

LMAO!!!!!

Ah, that's gonna hurt. :D

[AlbertCat]

20. Human Trafficking! Illegal Immigrants! Big GOP Donor!

Well, at least, we are now told, the GOP is responsible for integrated schools and The Civil Rights movement!

And we should miss G.W Bush because he protected us, won the Iraq War, and was "real", not fake.







Jesus H. Christ on a cracker! These people will do and say ANYTHING!

[nolabear]

21. Ruh roh.

It's getting SO hard to be a good old fashioned capitalist these days.

[musette_sf]

22. "Global Horizons Manpower Inc."

:puke:

[defendandprotect]

23. K&R -- back later to read --

[Anakin Skywalker]

24. Ha Ha Ha! Typical RepubliCON!

[Frank Booth]

25. Here's a picture of the fucker

It's from a site talking about Mr. Orian "taking the fight against illegal immigration to court, accusing competitors of hiring illegal workers to achieve an unfair advantage and violating the state's unfair-competition laws."

One would think a person who uses slave labor would have a greater unfair advantage than an employer using illegal immigrants, but I guess a person who has no qualms about enslaving people doesn't bother with such subtleties.

[rasputin1952]

26. Didn't do Santorum much good...

:D

[IDemo]

27. Is there a psychological term for attacking something you secretly love?

The repubs seem to have this behavior pretty well ingrained.

[Nothing Without Hope]

28. Note to those who are waiting for the GOP & teabaggers to show some shame:

Don't hold your breath.

These people have no conscience, they are sociopaths. And they are not going to change.

[Frisbee]

29. Talent For Senate

That's all I need to see to know he's scum.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. jeezus h christ! No surprise though. Yeah, more light!!

catch the vermin!

Kick and Rec... get this news OUT THERE!

[femrap]

31. The laws are on the books to

stop the hiring of illegal immigrants....throw the owners/management into jail. Then the practice will stop. But the rich white boyz are just too precious. :puke: :puke: :puke:

I hope this dude rots in jail.

[KakistocracyHater]

32. Republican=hypocrite

*

[Scurrilous]

33. Kick

:kick:

[HopeHoops]

34. He probably fought illegal immigration because he didn't like the competition.

Well, on top of being a Republican asswipe that is.

[bobthedrummer]

35. kick