🔗 Share this article Trump's Organization Attempted to Bring In Almost 200 Employees on Visas in 2025 The former president’s family business accelerated its hiring of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated. Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in 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 winery in Virginia. The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended. It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data. The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration 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 restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists. Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year. Significantly, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions. “You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees. The administration refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.