Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 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 government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee 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.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
