Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
