Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization 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 Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.