Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
