Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
