Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
