Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build 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 defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
