Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization 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.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
