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Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published recently stated.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The revelation comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the introduction of a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who already hold American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the business aimed to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, Trump was criticized by some in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees lower the pay of US workers.

The administration declined a inquiry for comment, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an request for information.