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Often hailed as one of the most diverse counties in the country, Queens residents are more than 48% foreign-born, according to the Census.
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Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
How the Candidates Stack Up With Voters Mamdani’s strongest backing comes from younger, progressive, and foreign-born voters.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Already, the county — where more than 40% of residents are foreign-born and one in five immigrants is undocumented — has invested more than $8 million in community organizations that provide legal services to immigrants.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
That work includes talking to their students in age-appropriate ways about what’s going on in their communities in a city that is nearly 30% Latino and more than 22% foreign-born, Shukla said.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
How the Candidates Stack Up With Voters Mamdani’s strongest backing comes from younger, progressive, and foreign-born voters.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Already, the county — where more than 40% of residents are foreign-born and one in five immigrants is undocumented — has invested more than $8 million in community organizations that provide legal services to immigrants.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
That work includes talking to their students in age-appropriate ways about what’s going on in their communities in a city that is nearly 30% Latino and more than 22% foreign-born, Shukla said.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign-born. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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