Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build 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 told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
