Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
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 activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
