Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased 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 hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown 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 American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
