Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct 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 stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
