Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws 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 possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP 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 nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
