Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
