Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
