🔗 Share this article Trump Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025 Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released recently claimed. Based on information from the federal labor department, the business aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia. The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded. It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics. The disclosure comes amid a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists. Overall, the business 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, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles. “You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers. The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.