Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, 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 well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
