Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity 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 entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
