Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
