Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
