Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated 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 recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
