Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people 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 effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
