Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny 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 employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to 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 request for information.
