Trump Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.
The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
