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Day laborer - Short-term (even daily or hourly) work, usually performed by undocumented workers. Green Card - A permit allowing an immigrant to live and work indefinitely in the U.S. Immigrate - To come into a region or country where one is not a native. Quinceañera - (pron. keen-say-ah-NYEH-ra) a traditional "coming of age" birthday celebration for girls turning 15. Sweatshop - Workplaces, usually industrial, which operate under unsafe and illegal working conditions. Undocumented immigrant - a person who comes to settle in a country without the legal permission of its government. The expression "illegal alien" is considered a pejorative. Xenophobia - (from the Greek, pron. zee-no-FO-bee-ah: xeno: stranger; phobia: fear) Fear and hatred of strangers and foreigners. Next |
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