🔗 Share this article Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025 Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed. According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery. The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 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 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics. The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters. Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year. Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity 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 coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees. The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.