Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
