Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
