Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
