Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people 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 told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
