Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities 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 over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct 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 overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
