Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US 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 servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 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 week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $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 producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
