Trump Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker 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 sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.
