Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
