Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions 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 workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.