Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line 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 inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
