Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
