Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
