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Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on temporary visas this year, while his government was creating barriers for other companies wanting to do the same, an analysis released Thursday stated.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the Trump Organization aimed to hire at least nearly 200 overseas employees in the coming year for temporary positions at the former president’s Florida property, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The quantity of requests for H-2A and H-2B visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the organization, and increased from 121 in 2021, when Trump’s first term ended.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that the former president had attempted to hire more than 100 overseas workers for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, according to available data.

The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his government that has involved the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the activities of the 55 million people who already hold American work permits; and tighter regulations for foreign students and journalists.

Overall, the business sought to employ 566 foreign laborers over the five years Trump has been in the presidency, from 2017 to 2021 and during the upcoming year.

Notably, the former president was criticized by some in the Republican party this period for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a company was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill certain positions.

“You cannot just say a country is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a facility, and going to take people off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start making their missiles. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after it was implied that foreign workers undercut the wages of American employees.

The White House refused a inquiry for response, and the Trump Organization did not provide an answer to an request for information.