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1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. Trump’s deportations & raids have many terrified. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021025_child_care/1-5-child-care-workers-immigrant-trumps-deportations-raids-have-many-terrified/
America has long turned to immigrants for caregiving jobs, including in child care and other hard-to-staff work, and 1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant - but Trump’s executive orders threaten that workforce, and the situation feels more dire than in previous years.
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@TucsonSentinel “ Immigrants have long flocked to caregiving jobs. While the foreign-born make up 17.7% of the US workforce, they account for 42.4% of home health care aides, said Steven Hubbard, senior data scientist at the American Immigration Council, citing 2023 Census Bureau data. Some 6.4% of them are undocumented immigrants.”
Deportations will also very significantly impact care for the elderly in nursing homes, assisted living and receiving home healthcare.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/economy/nursing-homes-immigration-policy-trump/index.html