Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 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 applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers 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 billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
