Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data 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 Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.