🔗 Share this article Trump Organization Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025 The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed. According to data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in 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 winery in Virginia. The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded. It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics. The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters. Overall, the business sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during the upcoming year. Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill particular roles. “You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers. The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.