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Donald Trump’s corporate entity increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this year, even as his administration was placing obstacles for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis published Thursday stated.

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

The number of applications for H-2A and H-2B visas covering workers including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and farm workers was the highest ever submitted by the company, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had sought to bring in over a hundred foreign employees for temporary positions at his Florida resort, according to available data.

The disclosure comes amid a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the activities of the 55 million people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.

Overall, the Trump Organization sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the period the former president has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to occupy certain positions.

“You can’t just say a country is entering, going to spend billions to construct a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the pay of American employees.

The White House declined a inquiry for comment, and the business did not provide an answer to an request for information.