Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.