Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 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 over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy 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 haven’t worked 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 US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
