Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.

According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.

The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.

Elizabeth Alvarez
Elizabeth Alvarez

Elara is a seasoned strategist with over a decade of experience in corporate leadership and military tactics.