Trump's Organization 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 temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid 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 already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
