Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
