Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” 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 haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
