Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
