Trump Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.

Based on information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction 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 journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.

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