Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released recently claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” 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 recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
