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guestworker

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Noun1.guestworker - a person with temporary permission to work in another country; "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists"
guest worker
working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor


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I as a guestworker, the only right I have is to work for you.
Maria Hinojosa: the veterana journalist shares experiences from 20 ... by Hernandez, Daisy / Colorlines Magazine
Cindy Hahamovitch, "Creating Perfect Immigrants: Guestworkers of the World in Historical Perspective," Labor History 44 (February, 2003): 69-94; Andrea Graziosi, "Visitors from Other Times: Foreign Workers in the Prewar Five Year Plans," in Graziosi, A New Peculiar State: Explorations in Soviet History, 1917-1937 (Westport, CT, 2000), 223-266.
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America by Montgomery, David / Journal of Social History
To use a different analogy, a guestworker or amnesty program would deny terrorists cover by draining the pool of ten million illegal aliens and ensure that an ongoing flow of foreign workers comes through legal channels.
Borderline insanity by Krikorian, Mark / The National Interest
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