Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
