Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025

Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.

According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles 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 for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.

“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.

The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.