Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions 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 for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president 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 week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
