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The former president’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his government was creating barriers for other companies attempting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.

Based on data from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency concluded.

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

The disclosure comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the business aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the Republican party this week for remarks justifying the need for overseas employees when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven’t worked in five years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees lower the wages of US workers.

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