Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct 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 missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
