Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers 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 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people 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 well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
