Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring 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 stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
