Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump 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 administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
