🔗 Share this article Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025 The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed. According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia. The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded. It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data. The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists. In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year. Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying 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 country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees. The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.