Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 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 number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed 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 revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers 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 build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
