Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening 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 millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
