Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with 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 millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct 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 well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
