Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
