Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period 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 country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked 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 wages of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.