Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity 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 spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
