Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire 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 quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, 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 concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn 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 isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
