Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
