Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.

Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.