Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
