guest worker in English

noun
1
a person with temporary permission to work in another country, especially in Germany.
Four decades ago a guest worker , or Gastarbeiter in German, meant a Turk or a Yugoslav who came to labour-short Germany in search of the sort of job locals did not usually want to do.

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1. The Effects on U.S. Farmworkers of an Agricultural Guest Worker Program.

2. Absent a sensible guest-worker program, they remain in the shadows, and they and their children crowd public services.

3. This book is an interesting history of the Bracero program, the guest worker program that existed between Mexico and the United States from 1942-1964

4. Braceros: History, Compensation The US had two Bracero or guest worker programs under which Mexicans were recruited to work on US farms under the terms of bilateral agreements.

5. The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964