Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed 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 workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” 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.
