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Boston has a robust immigrant population, with more than 28% of its residents being foreign-born as of 2021.
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Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Noncitizens comprise 41 percent of the construction workforce in California, the highest in the nation, while in Florida and Texas 38 percent of the construction labor force is foreign-born.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
In cities like Miami, where more than half of the population is foreign-born, ICE raids may unleash widespread terror, immigration advocates say.
—Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
One in four direct care workers in the U.S. is foreign-born.
—Sean C. Domnick, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Noncitizens comprise 41 percent of the construction workforce in California, the highest in the nation, while in Florida and Texas 38 percent of the construction labor force is foreign-born.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
In cities like Miami, where more than half of the population is foreign-born, ICE raids may unleash widespread terror, immigration advocates say.
—Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
One in four direct care workers in the U.S. is foreign-born.
—Sean C. Domnick, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign-born. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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