Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
