Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
