Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.