Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period 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 Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
