Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
