Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested 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.
