Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
