Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently stated.
According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge 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 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 certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.
“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
