Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US 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 for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
