Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.

Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted 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 sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 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 Republican party this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.

The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.