Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
