Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions 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 making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
