Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers 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 GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
