Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration 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 reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
