Trump 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 short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, 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, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
