Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published Thursday claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted 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 the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
