Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period 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 justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
