Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a plant, 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 she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
