Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review 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 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
