Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
