Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
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 his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period 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 week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
