Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
