Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker 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 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals 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 stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
