Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed 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 a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration 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 American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers 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 billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
