Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former presidentâs corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US presidentâs Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved 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 tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period 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 GOP this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with âparticular skillsâ to fill particular roles.
âYou cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who havenât worked in years, and theyâre going to start producing their missiles. It isnât feasible that effectively,â he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
