Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, 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 activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
