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The former president’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of foreign workers on temporary visas this period, while his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and up from 121 in 2021, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.

The White House refused a request for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.