Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn 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 making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
