Trump Organization Attempted to Hire 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 government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
