Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.

According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.

In total, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, 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 pay of American employees.

The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.

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