Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday claimed.

According to information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.

The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals 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 effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.

The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.