Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
