Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, 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 temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
