Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.

Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build 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 missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.

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