Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted 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 immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
