Trump Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests 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 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
