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green carder en · NOUN

Etymology

From green card + -er.

Meanings

1. (US) A Mexican citizen who has a green card to work in the United States, especially one who lives in Mexico and commutes across the border.
   • Manyof the "green carders" returned to their homes south of the border at night. 2013, Richard Worth, Dolores Huerta:
   • The problem of the green carder is not confined to the border area, or to the green-card commuter. 1969, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Subcommittee on Labor, Employment of "green Card" Aliens During Labor Disputes:
   • Rather, it is the green carder who actually lives in Mexico but who commutes on a daily or seasonal basis to the United States who causes inequities to exist. 1977, Brian S. Rungeling, Vernon M. Briggs jr., John F. Adams, Employment, Income, and Welfare in the Rural South, page 271:
2. (US, broadly) A United States citizen of Mexican descent who lives in Mexico and commutes across the border.

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