Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
