Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws 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 possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for remarks 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 entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
