Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers 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 Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee 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 journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
