Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trumpâs family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former presidentâs Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with âparticular skillsâ to occupy certain positions.
âYou cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who havenât worked in five years, and theyâre going to start making their defense systems. It doesnât work that well,â he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.