Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 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 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some 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 occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest 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 producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
