Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some 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 occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line 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 White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
