Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, 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 his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
