Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, 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 the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
