Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, 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 temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
