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

The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.

According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.

In total, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.

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