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Donald Trump’s family business accelerated its hiring of overseas employees on temporary visas this period, even as his government was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday claimed.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the business sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in 2025 for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and up from over 120 in the previous term, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in over a hundred overseas workers for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee on skilled worker visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for international scholars and journalists.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 overseas workers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during 2025.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this period for remarks defending the necessity for overseas employees when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to build a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a interviewer after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

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