Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, 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 told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
