Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
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; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
