Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
