Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B 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.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. 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 refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
