Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
