Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers 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 requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
