Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’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, a report published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
