"The US healthcare system faces a perfect storm, more than 100 members of Congress warn today, as Donald Trump's administration risks exacerbating pressure on its workforce by stripping nearly one million US immigrants of work authorization and legal protection. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has granted about 570,000 US workers protection from deportation, as their home countries are regarded as dangerous, due to factors like war and natural disaster."
"Under Trump, the federal government has sought to cancel this status for people from eight countries Afghanistan, Cameroon, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Syria, and Venezuela raising concerns about the impact on key sectors of the US workforce. In a letter sent today to senior Trump officials, seen by the Guardian, an array of Democratic lawmakers led by the veteran senator Elizabeth Warren caution that the US healthcare system cannot withstand yet another blow after broader cuts since Trump return to office."
"Signatories of the letter sent to Kristi Noem, US homeland security secretary; Robert F Kennedy Jr, health and human services secretary; and Lori Chavez-DeRemer, labor secretary include Warren, senators Chris Van Hollen, Ed Markey, Cory Booker, Tammy Duckworth, andKirsten Gillibrand, as well as ongresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pramila Jayapal, and Jasmine Crockett. Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats, also signed the letter."
Nearly one million US immigrants face loss of work authorization and deportation protection as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ends. TPS has protected about 570,000 US workers whose home countries are unsafe due to war, natural disaster, or other dangers. The administration has moved to end TPS for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Syria, and Venezuela. Immigrants comprise 32-40% of home care workers, 24% of residential care workers, and 21% of nursing facility staff; 15% of non-citizen healthcare workers originate from TPS countries. TPS terminations combined with Medicaid cuts threaten healthcare workforce capacity and patient access, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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