Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
