Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
