Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
