Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year 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 covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, 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 doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
