Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees 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 waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid 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 actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
