Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased 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 more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought 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 questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn 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 making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
