Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
