Trump's Organization Sought to Hire Almost 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025

The former president’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday stated.

According to data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.

Overall, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.

The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.