Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.

The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the business sought to employ 566 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 GOP this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn 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 well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

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