🔗 Share this article Trump Organization Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025 The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed. According to data 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 Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery. The number of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record filed by the company, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded. It was also the fifth instance in a decade that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics. The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters. In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025. Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions. “You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees. The administration refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.