Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity 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 invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in 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 US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
