Trump's Business Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published recently claimed.
According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
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 his Florida resort, according to available data.
The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.
Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.
The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
