Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
