Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“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 haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
