Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review 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 Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to 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 request for information.
