Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions 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 for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
