Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
