Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, 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 ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
