guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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The Spanish word bracero roughly translates to someone who works with their arms, but the earlier guest worker program didn’t have the same inclusive meaning Chandler intends.
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Doug Sackman, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
For years, the agricultural sector has been pleading for a strong and efficient guest worker program.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
In 2020, guest workers accounted for just 10% of the farm labor workforce, but their numbers are skyrocketing, especially in southeastern states and on the West Coast.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 June 2025
The hope, Morrison said, was to encourage employers to bring in skilled workers via the permanent residency pathway, on the theory that immigrants with green cards would, by being on stronger footing, be less likely to undercut wages for Americans than guest workers did.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
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Doug Sackman, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
For years, the agricultural sector has been pleading for a strong and efficient guest worker program.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
In 2020, guest workers accounted for just 10% of the farm labor workforce, but their numbers are skyrocketing, especially in southeastern states and on the West Coast.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 June 2025
The hope, Morrison said, was to encourage employers to bring in skilled workers via the permanent residency pathway, on the theory that immigrants with green cards would, by being on stronger footing, be less likely to undercut wages for Americans than guest workers did.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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