Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
