Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.