Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with 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 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
