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The former president’s corporate entity increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis published recently stated.

According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 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 quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas for workers including waitstaff, office assistants, cleaning staff, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from over 120 in 2021, when his presidency ended.

It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, based on available data.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on immigration laws by his administration that has involved the implementation of a $100,000 fee 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 Trump Organization aimed to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Significantly, Trump was questioned by certain in the GOP this week for comments defending 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 spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that effectively,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the wages of US workers.

The administration refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry.