Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment 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 published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, 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 isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
