Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 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 some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
