Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
