Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
