Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
