Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business 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.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for comments 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 country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people 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 told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
