Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday claimed.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.

The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.