Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions 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 making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.