Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
