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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Trump immigration cuts could worsen US caregiver shortage, experts say

Medical professionals point at a patient monitor above a medical mannequin lying in a hospital bed
Nine advanced-practice nurse professors from Haiti are in a training program at Regis College. Photograph: Boston Globe/Getty Images

The Trump administration may remove the temporary protected status (TPS) of Haitians and Syrians in the US, the US supreme court ruled in late June – a move that will worsen America’s growing caregiver shortage, experts say.

The US is now experiencing its fastest increase in the ageing population in more than 100 years, and more than 20% of the US population will be 65 or older by 2030. But the population of caregivers has not grown at the same pace, leading to staffing shortages.

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