Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers 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 covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build 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 told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.