Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions 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 making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
