🔗 Share this article Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025 Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated. Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia. The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended. It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data. The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists. Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years 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 need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles. “You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers. The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.