Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025

The former president’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and reporters.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

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