Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions 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, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized 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 occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
