Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people 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 effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
