Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
