Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time 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 administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
