Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
