Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees 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 spend billions to construct a facility, 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 doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
