Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“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 years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
