đ Share this article Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025 Donald Trumpâs corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated. Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US presidentâs Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery. The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended. It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics. The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters. In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year. Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with âparticular skillsâ to occupy particular roles. âYou canât just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and theyâre going to start producing their missiles. It isnât feasible that effectively,â he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers. The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.