Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.