Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments 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 billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
