Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
