Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
