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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2019 | Mar. 30, 2019 | Sep. 29, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Sep. 28, 2019 | Sep. 29, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |  |  | $ 5,522 |
TCJA income tax expense [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
TCJA tax on unremitted foreign earnings |  |  | $ 13,496 |  |  | $ 25,496
Income Tax Uncertainties [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional expected repatriation | $ 100,000 |  |  |  |  |
Cash repatriated during the current period | 115,152 |  |  |  | 188,742 |
Repatriation taxes paid | 18,335 |  |  |  | 38,814 |
Future cash repatriation [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax expense on tax-basis gain |  |  |  |  | 7,554 |
Remeasurement of Repatriation Deferred Tax Liability [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect on Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred other tax expense (benefit) | $ 2,604 |  | $ 680 |  | $ 1,971 | $ (7,010)
Remeasurement of Deferred Tax Liability Debt Extinguishment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect on Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred other tax expense (benefit) |  | $ 1,312 |  | $ 33,963 |  |

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