Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president 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 remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” 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 years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
