Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
