Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
