Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
