guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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Video Waitresses live three and four to an apartment, and at the ski resorts, J-1 visa holders, designed for guest workers from abroad, share bunk beds.
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Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
These workers arrive under a temporary guest worker program and become part of the infamous kafala (sponsorship) labor system, which has been widely criticized by international rights groups for exposing migrant workers to abuse.
—Neil Quilliam, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2023
House Bill 297 would create a year-round agricultural guest worker program — for which there is no current federal equivalent.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2025
Congress had created the H-2 guest worker visa in 1952 on behalf of owners of large farms and other employers who wanted a path around immigration restrictions and access to a seasonal labor force.
—Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
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Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
These workers arrive under a temporary guest worker program and become part of the infamous kafala (sponsorship) labor system, which has been widely criticized by international rights groups for exposing migrant workers to abuse.
—Neil Quilliam, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2023
House Bill 297 would create a year-round agricultural guest worker program — for which there is no current federal equivalent.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2025
Congress had created the H-2 guest worker visa in 1952 on behalf of owners of large farms and other employers who wanted a path around immigration restrictions and access to a seasonal labor force.
—Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guest worker
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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