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Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of foreign workers on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, an analysis released recently claimed.

According to information from the federal labor department, the business sought to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Florida property, two golf clubs and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for workers including waitstaff, clerks, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in 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 implementation of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who possess American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.

Notably, the former president was criticized by certain in the GOP this week for remarks justifying the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy particular roles.

“You cannot just say a nation is entering, going to spend $10bn to construct a facility, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that effectively,” he stated to a host after it was implied that overseas employees undercut the wages of American employees.

The administration refused a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.