Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws 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 tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
