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The former president’s family business increased its hiring of foreign workers on short-term work permits this year, while his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, a report released recently stated.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his winery in Virginia.

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in a decade that Trump had sought to hire over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on labor statistics.

The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on immigration laws by his administration that has included the implementation of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny 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 employ 566 overseas workers over the five years the former president has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Significantly, the former president was questioned by some in the GOP this period for comments defending the necessity for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct 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 told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.

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