Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
