Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
