Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
