Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.