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Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The number of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.

In total, the Trump Organization sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The White House refused a request for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an inquiry.