Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
