Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
