Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
