Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
