🔗 Share this article Trump Business Sought to Hire Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025 Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated. According to data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery. The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term concluded. It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics. The revelation comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters. In total, the business aimed to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025. Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions. “You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to build 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 defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of US workers. The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.