Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance 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 disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
