greencarders

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Of major importance in evaluating the impact of the greencarder is that apart from the loss of jobs to resident workers and the suppression of wages, the situation forces upwards of 75 percent of the Mexican American population out of the area to find⟳ work⟳.”

“The growers of California and the Southwest say⟳ they need⟳ the greencarder to do the stoopwork, but they refuse⟳ to pay⟳ the wages and grant the conditions which would allow⟳ us to work⟳ in dignity.”

“Luckily, I'm not a greencarder, or I could be a "senior alien."”

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