Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
