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Recent Examples of foreign-born
According to the American Immigration Council, while 17% of US workers across all industries are foreign-born, in the meatpacking industry this figure is considerably higher, at 45.5%.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
California’s population is more than a quarter foreign-born, the highest figure in the nation, according to Census data.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Nearly 1 in 4 New York State residents are foreign-born.
—Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Over 90% of farm workers in California are foreign-born and mostly undocumented.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
California’s population is more than a quarter foreign-born, the highest figure in the nation, according to Census data.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Nearly 1 in 4 New York State residents are foreign-born.
—Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Over 90% of farm workers in California are foreign-born and mostly undocumented.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign-born
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The Day One orders affect immigration processes, grant clemency to people convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot; erase Biden administration changes to the country; pull back from international alliances and give a TikTok ban an extension.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.—
Drake Bentley,
Journal Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2024
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The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2024
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Because Milan is a multicultural and economic hub, its cuisine benefits from the immigrants who came to work there from abroad and other parts of Italy.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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This is one of the most multicultural areas of Los Angeles.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Huge multinational corporations — including Westlake Chemicals, Citgo Petroleum, LyondellBasell and ConocoPhillips — have plants just a few miles from Robertson’s home and the office of her environmental nonprofit.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 Jan. 2025
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Famed Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been tapped to draw up the master plan, the airport extension is being designed by a renowned Dutch firm, the economic plan overseen by an Australian consultancy, the environmental-impact assessment by a top multinational.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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Moïse, who returned from an official overseas trip to Turkey accompanied by his wife and others, was unaware of what awaited on his return to Haiti on June 19, 2021.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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With the addition of the Golden Visa, the nation has become a hotspot for overseas investment.—
Arash Jalili,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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By combining phone activity logs, app timestamps, call records, and external evidence such as traffic data or witness statements, forensic experts create a detailed reconstruction of the moments leading up to an accident.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Your business needs to be not only resilient but grow amid external pressures.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign-born. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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