Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.