Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
