Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 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 questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
