Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, 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 doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.