Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
