Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
