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Donald Trump’s corporate entity accelerated its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, even as his government was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently stated.

According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The disclosure coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for foreign students and reporters.

In total, the business aimed to employ over 560 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Notably, Trump was questioned by some in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a facility, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a interviewer after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

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