Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, 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 applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
