Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
