Trump Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction 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 tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
