Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, 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.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, 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 interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.