Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government 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.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
