What do U.S. immigration policies mean for the healthcare workforce?

Modern Healthcare: At Providence St. Joseph Health, eight staffers have been forced to take a leave of absence because they lost their ability to work in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. And nearly 300 of the system's 110,000 employees are either nationals or dual-nationals from the seven countries targeted in President Donald Trump's travel ban.

"Even though that's a small number, it's pretty palpable that people who have been great employees are no longer working," said Dr. Rod Hochman, the system's CEO. "That's very problematic for us."

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