Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, 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 making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
