Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.

Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees 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 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 well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.

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