Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
