Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought 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 quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade 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 disclosure coincides with a tightening 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 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, 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 producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
