Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
