Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 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 over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization 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.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
