Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration declined a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.