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The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.

According to information from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The number of requests for temporary work visas covering staff including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to bring in more than 100 foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

In total, the business aimed to employ 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for comments justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people 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 well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.

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