Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
