Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.

According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge 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 reporters.

Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending 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 nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.

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