Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released recently stated.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
