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Donald Trump’s family business increased its hiring of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his government was placing obstacles for other businesses wanting to do the same, a report released Thursday stated.

Based on data from the federal labor department, the business sought to hire at least 184 overseas employees in the coming year for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.

The number of applications for temporary work visas covering staff including servers, office assistants, cleaning staff, kitchen staff and farm workers was the highest ever filed by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.

It was also the fifth instance in 10 years that Trump had attempted to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at Mar-a-Lago, based on labor statistics.

The revelation coincides with a tightening on legal immigration by his government that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; increased review of the actions of the millions of people who possess American work permits; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and reporters.

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

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

“You can’t just say a nation is coming in, going to invest billions to construct a plant, and going to take people off an unemployment line who have been unemployed in five years, and they’re going to start producing their missiles. It isn’t feasible that well,” he told a host after she suggested that foreign workers lower the pay of US workers.

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