Trump's Business Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday claimed.

According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.

Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.