Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party 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 can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
