Trump’s deportation pause ignores vital immigrant health care workers
By Dr. Lyndon Haviland
June 19, 2025
TheHill.com
President Trump has signaled his intent to pause deportations on immigrant workers in the hotel, agriculture and restaurant sectors: an important step toward lowering the temperature that led to riots in the streets of Los Angeles last week.
It’s welcome news for millions of hardworking individuals. But it ignores another important industry demographic, one we can’t exist without, where millions more will continue to live in perpetual fear: immigrant health care workers.