Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year 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 temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
