Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought 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 Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, 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 host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
