Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.

According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.

The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.