Still hurting from the recent impeachment attempt, President Trump rarely grants face time to Democrat governors. But, when a very tiny window of opportunity opened for our CT Governor, Ned Lamont made sure to beg for more H-1B Visa workers.
Speaking on WTIC, Lamont recounted his “18-second” meeting with Trump, in which he pushed for even more immigrant workers.
Here is the audio …
Lamont could have taken the time to speak to Trump about anything … How to bring jobs back to CT … How to attack the opiate crisis … How to solve our state budget deficits … The list goes on and on.
But, instead, he chose to speak to the President about what is apparently is most important to him – advocating for the rights of foreign workers.
The full interview can be heard here on the February 13th edition of the Ray and Joe D: Ask The Governor show. The sound clip above takes place at 41:20 of the show.
Lamont is the architect of the deal that brought Infosys to Hartford. On the campaign trail for Governor, Lamont bragged that it would bring 2,000 jobs to the Hartford area – at a cost of $14M to the state. But the Governor has never promised those jobs would go to citizens of CT – or even US citizens.
Infosys is particularly bad choice for the state to partner with. The company has a demonstrated history of discriminating against American citizens and has been busted for violating Visa laws.