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According to the Census, around one in five Chicago residents is foreign-born.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Universities also rely on the program, and in 2021, one study estimated that more than a fifth of college faculty members were foreign-born.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Twenty-seven percent of Californians are foreign-born.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Sep. 2025
Nearly one in five STEM workers nationwide are foreign-born, as are 43 percent of doctoral-level scientists and engineers in the United States.
—Javier Palomarez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Universities also rely on the program, and in 2021, one study estimated that more than a fifth of college faculty members were foreign-born.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Twenty-seven percent of Californians are foreign-born.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Sep. 2025
Nearly one in five STEM workers nationwide are foreign-born, as are 43 percent of doctoral-level scientists and engineers in the United States.
—Javier Palomarez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreign-born
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign-born. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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