Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.
Based on information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees 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 invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
