Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
