This Pennsylvania businessman hires immigrants because locals fail drug tests

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A Pennsylvania businessman who voted for Donald Trump says he has to hire immigrants because too many native-born workers take drugs. Sterling Technologies president Craig Quigley says that about 20 percent of local applicants fail drug tests, forcing him to hire immigrants, including Syrian refugees, "to fill the void." Quigley says he'd gladly hire more Americans, but only if they "get off drugs."

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