Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
