guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
Examples of guest worker in a Sentence
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Mexico has long recruited Guatemalan guest workers to help pick coffee beans in southern Chiapas state.
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Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The company hires people from other countries to work on its 11,000 acres of farmland as part of an H-2A agricultural guest worker program.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Many were seasonal guest workers courted from foreign countries by employers eager for their labor.
—Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
Brought to the United States through a guest worker program, 99 Jamaican farmers worked in the fields of Colorado, where, unlike the German POWs, they were not welcomed or appreciated for their work.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The mother represents the old Göteborg, the guest worker who came and helped build the city’s prosperity.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
In 1986, a Republican president—Ronald Reagan—signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, amnestying undocumented people, expanding guest worker programs, securing the border, and enhancing requirements for employers.
—TIME, 9 Jan. 2024
The recently released include grandmothers in their 70s and 80s, Thai guest workers, and more than 20 children under age 12—including preschoolers and a toddler.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
In addition, dairy farms can’t use a federal guest worker program to bring in immigrants on temporary visas.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The company hires people from other countries to work on its 11,000 acres of farmland as part of an H-2A agricultural guest worker program.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Many were seasonal guest workers courted from foreign countries by employers eager for their labor.
—Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
Brought to the United States through a guest worker program, 99 Jamaican farmers worked in the fields of Colorado, where, unlike the German POWs, they were not welcomed or appreciated for their work.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The mother represents the old Göteborg, the guest worker who came and helped build the city’s prosperity.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
In 1986, a Republican president—Ronald Reagan—signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, amnestying undocumented people, expanding guest worker programs, securing the border, and enhancing requirements for employers.
—TIME, 9 Jan. 2024
The recently released include grandmothers in their 70s and 80s, Thai guest workers, and more than 20 children under age 12—including preschoolers and a toddler.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
In addition, dairy farms can’t use a federal guest worker program to bring in immigrants on temporary visas.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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