Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization 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 quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years 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 Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
