Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
