When he’s not making beds, he’s busy running the company. He’s the President and CEO of
— which is based in Orlando, Florida. “I was making beds a couple of days ago. It’s very tough to find employees,” said Gautem. There are 11.2 million open jobs in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — up from 10.8 million last year. And there were 1.5 million open hospitality jobs in July.
says 60% of their 4,500 employees left the company during the pandemic, many to work from home. Now Gautem and other managers are picking up the slack — in housekeeping, the kitchen, and at the front desk. Which is why some business owners in Florida were perplexed when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent legal asylum seekers from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard on two flights earlier this month. “Why are they sending them there when we need the people here.
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CNN-MEDIA IS THE DEMOCRATS PARTY PROPAGANDA MACHINERY...C'MON MAN....LOL
Of course she wants cheap labor at $0.35 an hour, who wouldn't.
And?
He could care less about local business, unless the write him campaign checks is.
But Biden did the same thing and the media is silent.
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Legal? Are you kidding me Maybe we should send them to your house!
Are they now calling all 3-4 million of these illegal border crossers “asylum seekers”?
None of them had work visa's. More lying and propaganda from the most untrusted name in news.
So why didn't Mathra's Vineyard hire them and show FL how it's done instead of calling the NATIONAL GUARD to escort them off their island? Plenty of open landscaping and general labor jobs in MV.
Really! Legal asylum seekers?! By crossing borders illegally! Come on CNN your bias is so obvious.
What a clown piece.
While the Big Spender is giving away the Tax Payer’s money to everyone except for Americans, Americans are struggling to buy gas, food and parts if you’re lucky enough to find any.
There is a system that you need to go through in order to work in the USA. These people haven’t followed the rules. The majority are not eligible for asylum. They are illegal. The eligible will get a green card, eventually, but not this year
patriot3308 ILLEGAL ALIENS!
patriot3308 Keep crying CNN!!! Report from the border like actual news!
No I need to hear that bullshit get over it CNN try something new
So you want business owners to illegally employ them?
What happened to the Democrats inflation Act Bill? Things are getting worse, gas prices are supposed to go down a lot in fall and winter.
Funny,they never mention all the late night flights that Brandon used to ship illegals everywhere. Typical CNN bias.
Gee…..maybe they are looking for LEGAL workers.
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NO MORE IMMIGRATION!
GET THEM OUT OF HERE!
Legal asylum seekers... really? You interviewed and validated each claim?
Live from New York it’s Saturday Night!!!!
Fake news media again
Liberals attack any Republican that is successful. It is a badge of honor. Keep promoting them.
this desperate angle to dissuade viewers from the racists on Martha's Vineyard is hilarious!
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Is it a worker shortage or is it the fact that employers don't want to pay a living wage? I lived in Florida for decades. I moved to another state and took a job doing the same thing I did there for twice the annual pay.
CNN is basically saying Florida needed slaves. The democrats only see these people as labor. Morally disgusting.
Thanks to the progressive democrats that created a work force that doesn’t want to work but live off government cheese!
I think they’re looking for workers that speak English
This is sooo ridiculous! Here’s DeSantis paying his rich donor buddies millions of taxpayer $$ to fly immigrants from TX to MA, as a political stunt to supposedly “ keep them out of FL” In the meantime, his state can’t find workers. WTF Ron?
There are enough U.S. citizens that can fill those jobs. This government has to stop handling out all these monetary 'freebies' and other incentives that have made people lazy and unproductive.
We need educated English speaking legal immigrants and American citizens to fill jobs ....not some unvetted third world criminal who Biden trafficked into Florida in the dead of night
Welcome to any state in the Us… nice try
Worker shortages and yet non of the employers thought to go sign up any of the legal asylum seekers
Governor Desantis is a hero!
You like keeping wages down with illegals CNN?
So you are saying illegal aliens are illegally going to work?
It's illegal to hire illegals.
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The amount of money he’s saving not having to provide for these immigrants is a hell of a lot more than the cost of shipping them to sanctuary cities where they can provide the expert care that they advertise so well.
What does that have to do with immigrants?
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CNN should hire them
they are illegal so cant work any way
DeSantis es pulling a political stunt.
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How do you get a job when you can’t speak English?
Illegal. FL has a surplus. While inflation is sky high, Biden buses & flies illegals all over the country.
Nouveau slavery?
Ohh really thwt not fair enough
Obviously this is exactly what the Republicans want, they are very much content with letting the country suffer if it means they get to take power after election time.
Using Florida tax funds to fly people in Texas. Talk about a stupid stunt.
This was a hugely wasteful political stunt. It doesn’t get any more ‘Washington’ than this.
Fake News!! You all love to say whatever is necessary to make your opposition look bad. I hope that you don't have kids - not only would they spread your lies, but they will be dealing with the consequences of your actions for many years to come.
So illegal labor is the new green card deal.
There is No legal asylum seekers for starters. Even if they are good to qualify as legal . What about desired skills & proficiency in English. Lets say they have , even then work permit will take a year or so if US follow detailed process. Why Should Florida wait and fund them
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CNN, I don't think this point is coming across how you expect to. Hiring undocumented workers is bad for american jobs and it opens undocumented workers to abuses by employers who take advantage of them. But hey, you guys are FANTASTIC at making ridiculous points.
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There is not a shortage of workers, there is a shortage of people who want to work.
Any person can ask for shelter or asylum in any country but that person must show its love and determination to be accepted into that country’s culture. Why focus so much on a person’s unfortunate arrival, when instead we should focus on how it can be use for a positive result
Nope, not right to have 2.5 M people in our country without a proper process. Not buying your argument.
Oohhh, so you're all for undocumented labor now?
This migrants who by no means are perfect people, should at least be given a chance to show their skills & productivity, if it benefits the economic growth of the US, a vast country such as the US needs a vast population to maintain economic growth.
Being conservative means you hate problems and their solutions.
Legal immigration should be welcomed by all Americans
They are Illegals !!! They are not eligible to work in the states.
Illegal immigrants are unhireable
It’s hard to believe those supposedly migrant welcoming rich sanctuary Dems DNC on The Vineyard, including BarackObama turned out to be racist lying hypocrites who called up the army in 44 hours to deport those Latinos like their garbage! Dems hate Latinos. FoxNews SkyNews
Look at how much he spent of Tax Payer's dollars to send them! For some publicity on FOX news. This the GOP's answer to any problem. Perform for 5 minutes on FOX and get Trump/MAGA attention.
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The refugees came to work
He's a smart man. He can multitask. No one did more for small business during the pandemic than Ron DeSantis! TruthMatters WingNutsBook
Close the border
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This is the most racist thing I have seen in sometime!! So they should work in the field? Folks, pay attention!
Hello!!!!! They are illegal!!!!!!
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Hey CNN Martha Vineyards was needing 50 employees also and they sent them all away. Might want to report that in the news also.
Keep going cnn. We LOVE WHAT DESANTIS IS DOING. Your hypocrisy is showing. Florida gains 1100 residents a day.
Are you suggesting that American companies should break the law and hire illegal immigrants?
Stunts are all he has. He has no plan on how to fix immigration.
Deport these parasites who entered the country illegally. Breaking the laws. They don't see that these people are parasites who just want to live by sucking money from the federal government. Live free with our taxes. Live for free like they did in their socialist countries.
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What does that have to do with refusing to be a sanctuary state? Why doesn’t cnn report real news? I don’t see the Texas border that has been devastated since Biden opened the floodgates? CNN is a mouthpiece for progressive leftists and against freedom loving Americans!
Lord leave the man ! He is going to win again !
CNN doing everything they can to protect a failing party with its leader joe Biden. Democrats are afraid of DeSantis. He has proven himself to Floridians & the country so much so ppl are swarming into our state
'Legal asylum seekers' What am I reading here? You are pathetic, and I don't just mean your ratings.
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Democrats were afraid of immigrants that weren't workers near their property.
It's illegal to hire illegals.
CNN attacking Ron? Yup, he’s running
Democrats love slave labor and hate paying taxes.
Would they hire them is the question?
Need more migrant workers
'business owners in his state were struggling for workers' That means they will be able to ask for higher wages. CNN, on the side of workers. Really.
Legal asylum seekers? good try
Oh crossing the border illegally is now considered legal if they think about it like trump thinking about classified documents?
Wonder why you haven’t written about asylum seekers in AZ or TX being shipped by the Biden administration the last 2 18 months? Both states need workers as well
So all immigrants are workers? You are racist
Mother nature is slapping him right now.
Omg you are so biased in your reporting democrat hacks
i still don't understand why ronnie was payin for abbott's visitors
Like trump just an attention seeker.
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CNN back to normal. Why let facts get in your way
Legal workers are whats needed. Workers who pay taxes. US citizens. And these are not asylum seekers, despite the democrat lies. They are illegal aliens. When you cross into another country unannounced and with no regard for the laws, you are an illegal alien.
WTF? So your telling me the people (business) that support their agenda, are now complaining because they're implementing it? Florida has meth heads and MethGators. I'm sure they're ok. they must have a lot of people that aren't as lazy as the Democrats and are willing to work.
The only SHORTAGE is a LIVING WAGE SHORTAGE
Mis-information/Florida has plenty of workers'/some people just don't wish to work because of Biden handouts?
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Florida has the lowest US unemployment rate. They don’t need immigrants. They need qualified workers. Something the Democrats don’t like. Charlie Crist will give non-citizens the right to vote.
Well at least we know how the rich really feel. Hypocrites
THE LAWS MUST CHANGE FIRST, because if any one hires an illegal its against the law & business can be taken away it happens in NYS all the time
Apples and oranges the two issues have no comparison
Its illegal to hire any of those people.
and the most racist take today is...
Every Republican Governor who is receiving illegals into their state needs to bus them all to Martha's Vineyard, Catalina Island California, and every other plush democrat city in America.
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We need systematically controlled immigration with temporary work visas. The worker shortage is real.
Workers that are *LEGAL* residents I’m sure
Seriously? Of course that's a big problem! 90% of the worker shorter is for entry level low paying jobs. Those are the jobs immigrants typically work! Trump is the first President that rallied for tighter immigration and look where we are now! Maybe he was wrong