Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former 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, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased 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 bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
