Trump's Organization Attempted to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released Thursday stated.
Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.
Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
