Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.

Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.

The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.