Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
