Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers 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 Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest 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 producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
