Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 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 period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest 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 defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
