In 1998, Trump settled a class-action lawsuit for $1.4 million for 1980 labor law violations. He had hired undocumented Polish immigrants to work 12 hour shifts without gloves, hard hats or masks, for as little as $4 an hour. They had been tasked with demolishing and clearing the site that Trump Tower now sits at in Manhattan.

The details of the settlement had long been sealed until a US District Court judge for the Southern District of New York found unsealed them in 2017, believing it be pertinent to the public’s interest as Trump had taken office.

Time – Donald Trump Paid $1.4 Million in a Dispute Over Undocumented Workers. Read the Newly Unsealed Legal Papers
The Independent – Donald Trump paid $1.375 million to settle case involving undocumented Polish workers, reveal documents
The New York Times – Trump Paid Over $1 Million in Labor Settlement, Documents Reveal