Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025

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

According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in a decade that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.

The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.