The Conversation: The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse

Kevin R. Johnson

18 Dec 2025

Economist Bedassa Tadesse for The Conversation ("The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse") discusses how immigration influences economies, including health care systems. His view "Immigrants are a vital part of the health care workforce, especially in roles facing staffing shortages." Restrictions on immigration, in his view, threatens adequate U.S. health care staffing.

CBS News: "Canadian-born dentist taken into ICE custody at green card interview in Minneapolis, his wife says"

CBS News reports (Canadian-born dentist taken into ICE custody at green card interview in Minneapolis, his wife says) reports on a troubling case: "Walking into a green card interview in downtown Minneapolis, William Lizardo expected to take another step towards citizenship. Instead, the Canadian-born dentist and father left in

Another Death in ICE Detention

ICE announced that a "[c]riminal alien from El Salvador die[d] in ICE custody in Georgia." In a story on the death, ImmigrationProf blogger Austin Kocher is attributed as saying "that this year, there have been an average of one death every 10 days in the

Ambiguous Legal Status: Immigrants’ Shared Precarity Under an Unpredictable Enforcement Environment by Jahaira Pacheco

Check out this commentary on the impacts of the racialization of immigration.

NBC: Great Footage of San Ysidro POE Enforcement

This NBC report on enforcement efforts at the San Ysidro port of entry has some great video of the different operations conducted by the Office of Field Operations.

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CBS News: "Canadian-born dentist taken into ICE custody at green card interview in Minneapolis, his wife says"

Another Death in ICE Detention

Ambiguous Legal Status: Immigrants’ Shared Precarity Under an Unpredictable Enforcement Environment by Jahaira Pacheco

NBC: Great Footage of San Ysidro POE Enforcement