Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
