Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
