The immigrants caring for the nation's elderly are losing their jobs

[Stalin]

The White House immigration crackdown is hitting the long-term healthcare industry, as nursing homes and care providers lose foreign-born employees and struggle to hire.

Why it matters: These folks care for the disabled and for the country's fast-growing elderly population, and they're already in short supply.

• Advocates and policy experts warn the quality of care that people receive is under threat.

What they're saying: "We have facilities with empty wings and it's not for lack of residents — it's just for lack of staff," says Robin Wolzenburg, senior vice president of clinical and regulatory services with LeadingAge Wisconsin.

• Wolzenburg coordinates with resettlement agencies to fill healthcare vacancies, placing refugees in jobs in housekeeping, dietary services and other ancillary positions that keep facilities running.
• Not this year. The Trump administration has suspended refugee programs, and now she's struggling to fill vacancies.

By the numbers: Foreign-born workers make up 30% of the nursing home housekeeping and maintenance workforce, according to data provided by LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services. That's compared to 19% of the overall workforce, per the Labor Department.

• More than 41% of home health aides in the U.S. last year were foreign-born, according to unpublished data provided to Axios by the Labor Department.
• 22% of nursing assistants are foreign-born, and 28% of personal care aides.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/trump-immigration-nursing-homes

comrade stalin
moscow

 

[mark francis]

The White House immigration crackdown is hitting the long-term healthcare industry, as nursing homes and care providers lose foreign-born employees and struggle to hire.

Why it matters: These folks care for the disabled and for the country's fast-growing elderly population, and they're already in short supply.

• Advocates and policy experts warn the quality of care that people receive is under threat.

What they're saying: "We have facilities with empty wings and it's not for lack of residents — it's just for lack of staff," says Robin Wolzenburg, senior vice president of clinical and regulatory services with LeadingAge Wisconsin.

• Wolzenburg coordinates with resettlement agencies to fill healthcare vacancies, placing refugees in jobs in housekeeping, dietary services and other ancillary positions that keep facilities running.
• Not this year. The Trump administration has suspended refugee programs, and now she's struggling to fill vacancies.

By the numbers: Foreign-born workers make up 30% of the nursing home housekeeping and maintenance workforce, according to data provided by LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services. That's compared to 19% of the overall workforce, per the Labor Department.

• More than 41% of home health aides in the U.S. last year were foreign-born, according to unpublished data provided to Axios by the Labor Department.
• 22% of nursing assistants are foreign-born, and 28% of personal care aides.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/trump-immigration-nursing-homes

comrade stalin
moscow

Congress never authirized finding for millions of illegals to come to the US to work in rest homes on the government dime.