Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
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 certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
