Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest $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 making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
