Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
