guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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Migration control is illusory so long as employers who seek a foreign workforce—whether as guest workers or undocumented laborers—escape the scrutiny that migrants face daily.
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Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Many growers are turning to the H-2A guest worker program – a legal pipeline for seasonal foreign labor that has quadrupled in size over the past decade.
—Kee Hyun Park, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025
Unlike seasonal farm jobs such as fruit picking, which often use H-2A guest worker visas, year-round agricultural operations such as dairy farms are ineligible for these visas.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
In the same vein, the letter contained a request for Trump to authorize more legal guest workers through the expansion of the H-2A and H-2B visa programs.
—Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
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Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Many growers are turning to the H-2A guest worker program – a legal pipeline for seasonal foreign labor that has quadrupled in size over the past decade.
—Kee Hyun Park, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025
Unlike seasonal farm jobs such as fruit picking, which often use H-2A guest worker visas, year-round agricultural operations such as dairy farms are ineligible for these visas.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
In the same vein, the letter contained a request for Trump to authorize more legal guest workers through the expansion of the H-2A and H-2B visa programs.
—Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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