Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
