Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, 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 bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
