Trump Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Visas in 2025

Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.

Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of American employees.

The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.