Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge 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 reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some 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 entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
