Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs 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 skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
