Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
