Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
