Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.

Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought 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 quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.

In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.

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