Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
