Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

The former president’s family business increased 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 stated.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.

The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.