Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency 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 temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
