Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
