The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law approved legislation that would raise the cap on employment-based visas for qualified, foreign educated registered nurses and physical therapists by 20,000.
The legislation, H.R. 5924, was introduced by Representatives Robert Wexler (D-FL) and James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) in response to the nation’s persistent nursing shortage.
As many countries feel the strain of labour shortages, the US are facing similar problems in one of their fundamental industries of nursing and are turning to overseas workers as a means of solution.
The reported decline is not one which has happened overnight; instead numbers suggest that the influx of nursing professionals has been on the decline for the past decade. More specifically according to the American Hospital Association, there are over 116,000 vacancies at present for registered nurses.
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