Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
