Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up 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 attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
