Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions 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 $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
