Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct 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 defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.