Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
