Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
