Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
