Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
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