Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, 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 pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
