Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released recently claimed.

Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on available data.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest 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 missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.

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