Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.
The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government 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 already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.
In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.
The White House refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
