**Trump Organization Seeks to Hire Record Number of Foreign Workers for 2025 Through H-2A and H-2B Visas**
*By Zach Everson | Forbes | November 12, 2025*
The Trump Organization has filed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers for temporary positions in 2025, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. These positions span across Mar-a-Lago, two golf clubs, and a Virginia winery, utilizing H-2A and H-2B visa programs.
This marks a steady increase in the company’s visa requests over recent years, rising from 121 in 2021 to a record 184 in 2025. Over the last five years during Donald Trump’s presidential term, the Trump Organization filed to bring in at least 566 foreign workers.
The jobs primarily include roles such as servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff, and farm workers. According to the Department of Labor listings, these positions pay between $15.58 and $27.91 per hour.
Spokespeople for the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to inquiries, and the White House declined to comment on the matter.
**Key Figures:**
– **184:** Number of foreign workers the Trump Organization sought to hire in 2025
– **566:** Number of foreign workers requested during Trump’s five years in office
– **2,033:** Total number of foreign workers the Trump Organization has sought to hire since 2008, the earliest year available in the Labor Department’s database
**Context and Commentary**
In September, former President Trump imposed a $100,000 fee on many H-1B visa petitions, a move aimed at reforming aspects of foreign worker programs.
During a recent interview, host Laura Ingraham remarked, “If you want to raise wages for American workers, you can’t flood the country with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of foreign workers,” highlighting ongoing debates around immigration and labor market impacts.
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– *Miami Rebel:* “It’s not about highly trained but lowly paid.”
– *JZelle:* “Why wouldn’t they? Being a housekeeper and maid aren’t exactly positions that Gen Z does even for 20 dollars an hour.”
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