Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws 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 US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
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 the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.