Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people 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 well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.