Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.
Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the business aimed to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, 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 ended.
It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.
Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.
“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line 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 foreign workers undercut the wages of US workers.
The administration refused a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.
