Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct 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 it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
