Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
