Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering 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 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed 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 pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.