Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers 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 period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
