Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
