Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 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 workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
