{
  "id": 13012205,
  "title": "Trump Winery sought 36 foreign workers at lower wages amid POTUS' crackdown on immigration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/trump-winery-sought-36-foreign-workers-at-lower-wages-amid-potus",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T02:54:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-winery-sought-36-foreign-workers-at-lower-wages-amid-potus-crackdown-on-immigration-101791510155176.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Trump Organization applied for permission to hire 36 temporary foreign workers for its Virginia winery. The wage they proposed was $13.90 per hour, which was significantly lower than the previous year's rate. This application came after the President's administration reduced minimum wage calculations for certain foreign agricultural workers. The winery, owned by Trump Vineyard Estates LLC near Charlottesville, needed workers to cultivate grapes and apples from February to October 2026. The requested wage was $13.90 per hour, a decrease from $15.81 in 2025. Workers who were previously employed by the winery could earn $16.16 per hour if they returned in 2026, according to the filing. The wage dispute is centered around the Department of Labor’s adverse effect wage rate, which aims to protect domestic workers from wage suppression.",
  "summary": "Donald Trump's Virginia winery offered $13.90 an hour for seasonal farm work, nearly $2 below its 2025 rate.",
  "key_points": [
    "Trump Winery applied for 36 foreign workers in Virginia.",
    "Proposed wage of $13.90 per hour was lower than previous year.",
    "Wage reduction came after POTUS immigration crackdown."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Trump Organization's application for lower-wage foreign workers aligns with the Trump administration's regulatory changes that benefit employers, potentially at the expense of domestic workers' wage protections.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}