Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the need 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 entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
