Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers 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 a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers 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 invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
