Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025

The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.

Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.

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