Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
