The New York Times is reporting today that Donald Trump, who talks about making companies bring back jobs that they’ve sent to other countries (how he will do this, he never exactly says, except to threaten tariffs) is also the same Donald Trump that has asked for more than 500 visas for foriegn workers at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Since 2010, nearly 300 United States residents have applied or been referred for jobs as waiters, waitresses, cooks and housekeepers there. But according to federal records, only 17 have been hired.

In all but a handful of cases, Mar-a-Lago sought to fill the jobs with hundreds of foreign guest workers from Romania and other countries.

In his quest for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Trump has stoked his crowds by promising to bring back jobs that have been snatched by illegal immigrants or outsourced by corporations, and voters worried about immigration have been his strongest backers.

But he has also pursued more than 500 visas for foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago since 2010, according to the United States Department of Labor, while hundreds of domestic applicants failed to get the same jobs.

Trump, when asked, has an explanation:

Asked why his club must seek so many foreign workers when Americans have applied for the same positions, Mr. Trump said in a telephone interview from Mar-a-Lago this month: “The only reason they wouldn’t get a callback is that they weren’t qualified, for some reason. There are very few qualified people during the high season in the area.”

But he refuses to accept that same excuse from anyone else. And his own immigration policy on his own website condemns the practice of hiring foreign workers on visas.