Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period 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 GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
