Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“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 haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.