Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted 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 attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
