Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization 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 questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
