Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased 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 attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
