Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees 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 $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.