Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire 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 administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
