Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
