Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
