Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity 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 coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
