Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 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 some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
