Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending 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 country is coming in, going to invest $10bn 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 producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
