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Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released recently stated.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The revelation coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.

The White House refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not immediately respond to an inquiry.