Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country 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 defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
