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THREAD: 29,000 DACA recipients are healthcare workers, many helping #COVID19 patients. All could be deported if Trump prevails in Supreme Court
It's just one of his immigration policies that create shortage of doctors, nurses, aides to fight #COVID19. 1/7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/dreamers-risk-lives-on-pandemics-front-lines-while-they-await-court-ruling/2020/04/11/d34a7b58-76c4-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
It's just one of his immigration policies that create shortage of doctors, nurses, aides to fight #COVID19. 1/7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/dreamers-risk-lives-on-pandemics-front-lines-while-they-await-court-ruling/2020/04/11/d34a7b58-76c4-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
Background: U.S. faces projected shortage of 122,000 doctors by 2032
Yet, Trump wants to make it harder for immigrants to come to U.S. That's a big problem because immigrants comprise 28% of doctors, 24% of nurses/aides, 50% of geriatric specialists. 2/7 https://www.vox.com/2017/2/1/14470746/trump-travel-ban-health-care-doctors
Yet, Trump wants to make it harder for immigrants to come to U.S. That's a big problem because immigrants comprise 28% of doctors, 24% of nurses/aides, 50% of geriatric specialists. 2/7 https://www.vox.com/2017/2/1/14470746/trump-travel-ban-health-care-doctors
Trump's 2017 Muslim ban covered Syria and Iran, which are two of top 10 countries that supply doctors to U.S.
There are 7,000 doctors from countries covered by Trump's 2017 ban. These doctors provide a combined 14 million patient visits each year. 3/7 https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20170306.059026/full/
There are 7,000 doctors from countries covered by Trump's 2017 ban. These doctors provide a combined 14 million patient visits each year. 3/7 https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20170306.059026/full/
With Trump in office, fewer foreign medical grads are pursuing U.S. residency programs. Those that come here face visa rejections/delays that threaten their training
FYI: foreign medical grads are more likely to work in inner cities and rural areas. 4/7 https://time.com/5299488/international-medical-graduates/
FYI: foreign medical grads are more likely to work in inner cities and rural areas. 4/7 https://time.com/5299488/international-medical-graduates/
U.S. hospitals also lack qualified nurses. Under Trump, new red tape requirements are preventing foreign nurses from coming to the U.S. where they're desperately need to care for #COVID19 patients. 5/7 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-28/trump-rules-bar-thousands-of-foreign-nurses-willing-to-help-u-s
#COVID19 has highlighted need for experienced aides in nursing homes, where a quarter of direct-care workers are foreign-born.
35,000 aides are from countries where Trump has removed TPS status
11,000 are from countries covered by Muslim ban. 6/7 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/health/illegal-immigrants-caregivers.html
35,000 aides are from countries where Trump has removed TPS status
11,000 are from countries covered by Muslim ban. 6/7 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/health/illegal-immigrants-caregivers.html
To make things worse, visa services are now suspended. Thousands of foreign medical professionals are in immigration limbo. They're putting their lives on the line to treat #COVID19 patients while facing the prospect of leaving U.S.
We can do better.
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We can do better.
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