Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks 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 spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.