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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Sedensky

Nursing homes struggle with Trump's immigration crackdown

Immigration Nursing Homes - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration.

Facilities for older adults and disabled people are reporting the sporadic loss of employees who have had their legal status revoked by Trump. But they fear even more dramatic impacts are ahead as pipelines of potential workers slow to a trickle with an overall downturn in legal immigration.

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