Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
