Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
