Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency 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 his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.