Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, 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 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.
