🔗 Share this article Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025 Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed. Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery. The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, 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 seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics. The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included 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 tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists. Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025. Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles. “You cannot just say a country 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 isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees. The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.