Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former 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, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions 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 making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.