Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity 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 same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 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 period for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn 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 defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
