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The visa application the company filed with the government requires that people are paid the full amount, its a requirement. Palmer, who was 17 when she came to New York in 2011, was not available to comment. . TOP JAMAICAN MODEL. Sylvia Ayass, a lawyer who has worked with models on visas like Palmer's, said agencies typically pay what they state on visa applications. Donald Trump has won Republican frontrunner status in the 2016 election in large part by positioning Donald Trump as a champion of the American worker who will deport illegal immigrants, build a wall with Mexico and do away with the off shoring of U.S. jobs. This is not the first time Trump's labor practices have drawn criticism. A Reuters story published in August revealed that Trump's companies sought to import at least 1,100 workers on temporary visas since 2000. Of those, 250 were filed for foreign fashion models, according to the Reuters analysis of federal Department of Labor data. Using a federal visa program called H-1B that allows U.S. employers to hire.