Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“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 jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
