Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
