Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
