Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
