Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump 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 defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
