Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed 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 week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, 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 told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
