Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 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 criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn 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 isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
