Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
