Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 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 number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge 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 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five 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 overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
