Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals 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 well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
