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Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the same, an analysis published Thursday claimed.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.

The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.

The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the millions of people who possess US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.

In total, the business sought to hire over 560 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.

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