Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
