Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need 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 construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals 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 stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
