Trump's Business Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this year, while his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.
Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of requests for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.
The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
In total, the business sought to hire over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
