Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former 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 staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $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 missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
