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The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.

According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of applications for temporary work visas covering workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of US workers.

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