Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles 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 covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed 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.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work 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 provide an answer to an request for information.
