Trump's Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report published Thursday stated.

Based on information from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee 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 journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.

“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.

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