Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
