Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct 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 defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
