Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
