Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.