Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government 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 US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
