Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
