Recent Examples on the WebQualifying children must be born in the United States or foreign-born with a green card or pass the substantial presence test for tax purposes.—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024 These patients are disproportionately Latino and foreign-born.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024 Few people in Flushing, the majority of whom are foreign-born, grew up together, and the solidarity of the neighborhood’s residents is fragile.—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024 Around 1 out of 5 people in Florida is foreign-born.—Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024 Approximately 13% of the city’s total population is foreign-born.—Madison Lambert, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024 Nearly a quarter of construction workers in 2022 were foreign-born, a historic high, according to NAHB, citing US Census data.—Tami Luhby, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 The church, whose congregation is about 50% white, 25% Black and 25% foreign-born, changed its name to People's Church in 2012 to reflect its racial diversity, including 30-plus nationalities worshiping and working there, according to its website.—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024 The union’s members are nearly all Hispanic and foreign-born, according to the union.—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
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