Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
