Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.