Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
