Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.