Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
