Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend 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 effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
