Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with 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 actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
