Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t 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 have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
