Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a inquiry for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
