Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.

According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.

Overall, the business aimed to hire over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Notably, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.

The White House declined a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.