Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
