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

The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.

According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.