Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, 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 effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
