Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
