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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 administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the same, a report published Thursday claimed.

Based on information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term concluded.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that the former president had sought to hire more than 100 foreign employees for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.

The disclosure comes amid 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 restrictive new rules for foreign students and journalists.

In total, the business sought to hire 566 foreign laborers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Notably, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You can’t just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers undercut the pay of US workers.

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