Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased 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 same, an analysis released recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
