Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country 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 five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
