Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
