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More than one-quarter of physicians and surgeons are foreign-born.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There was no movement on a solution to the border crisis, which is talked about constantly in Montana, though only two per cent of the population is foreign-born.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
Twenty-eight percent of the residents are foreign-born, double the statewide rate, according to MOC.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
The percentage of the U.S. labor force that is foreign-born rose from 17.1% to 18.6% between 2017 and 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There was no movement on a solution to the border crisis, which is talked about constantly in Montana, though only two per cent of the population is foreign-born.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
Twenty-eight percent of the residents are foreign-born, double the statewide rate, according to MOC.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
The percentage of the U.S. labor force that is foreign-born rose from 17.1% to 18.6% between 2017 and 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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