Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct 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 doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
