Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment 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 stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
