Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published recently stated.

Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.

“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.