Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn 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 producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
