Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released recently claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; 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 White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
