Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening 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 millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct 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 isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
