Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, 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 questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
