guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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House Bill 297 would create a year-round agricultural guest worker program — for which there is no current federal equivalent.
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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
In one instance, in 2021, a farmer on the Oregon-Idaho state line lost $180,000 because the business’ guest workers weren’t allowed entry in time for the asparagus harvest, according to The Washington Post.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
In the middle of the twentieth century, the United States allowed the seasonal migration of agricultural guest workers from Mexico under the rubric of the Bracero Program.
—Lant Pritchett, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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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
In one instance, in 2021, a farmer on the Oregon-Idaho state line lost $180,000 because the business’ guest workers weren’t allowed entry in time for the asparagus harvest, according to The Washington Post.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
In the middle of the twentieth century, the United States allowed the seasonal migration of agricultural guest workers from Mexico under the rubric of the Bracero Program.
—Lant Pritchett, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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