Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
