Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn 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 isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
