Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week 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 country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
