Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 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 some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
