Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.