Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.