Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct 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 stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
