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Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently claimed.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least 184 foreign workers 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 H-2A and H-2B visas for staff including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.

Overall, the business sought to hire 566 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the presidency, from his first term and during 2025.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers 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 spend $10bn to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It isn’t feasible that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the wages of American employees.

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