Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, a report released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
