Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some 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 nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.