Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year 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 for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
