Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased 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 attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
