Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday 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 short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
