Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
