Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire 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 number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
