Trump Organization 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 temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 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 for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 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 criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
