Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers 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 GOP this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, 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 host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
