Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, 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 producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
