Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included 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 sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
