Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
