Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included 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 international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
