🔗 Share this article Trump's Business Attempted to Bring In Nearly 200 Workers on Work Permits in 2025 The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses wanting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed. Based on data from the federal labor department, the business aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery. The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded. It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had attempted to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data. The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists. In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025. Significantly, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to fill certain positions. “You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers. The administration declined a request for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.