Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business 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 number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; 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 his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
