đ Share this article Trump Business Attempted to Hire Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025 The former presidentâs corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report published Thursday stated. Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US presidentâs Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia. The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the record submitted by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trumpâs first term concluded. It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics. The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists. In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025. Notably, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with âparticular skillsâ to occupy certain positions. âYou canât just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and theyâre going to start producing their defense systems. It isnât feasible that well,â he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers. The administration refused a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.