Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn 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 missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.
The administration declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
