Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
