Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening 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 restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster 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 interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
