Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

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

According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, 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, based on available data.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved 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 tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.

“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.