Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees 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 applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
