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LINK Some doctors fighting the pandemic now have another thing to worry about - CNN

For months Dr. Jinendra Satiya has faced fears on the frontlines of a deadly pandemic, treating coronavirus patients.

But now the doctor, on a fellowship at a Boston hospital, is facing a new anxiety: that new immigration restrictions could make it harder for him to stay in the country.

Satiya is one of thousands of foreign doctors who came to the United States on a visa that recently landed in the Trump administration's crosshairs.

A proposed rule could make it more difficult to renew J-1 exchange visitor visas, which allow scholars, doctors and others to live temporarily in the US while they study or receive training.

On the surface, it may sound like a small bureaucratic move. But Satiya and organizations representing doctors across the country warn it could affect medical care for Amjericans at a time when the country needs resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

HippieChick58 9 Oct 24
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45 will do anything to rid this country of brown and black people, partly because it makes his base happy.

MizJ Level 8 Oct 25, 2020
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Is it just my weird imagination or the longer the pandemic lasts, and health care and insurance is reduced, the number of non-productive, poor, entitlement people will stop being a drain on the economy!

Yeah. We waited too long. They should have been gotten rid of long ago. Then their kids wouldn't have been born either. So, this pandemic is a good thing?

@PondartIncbendog I don't know for sure, but if it's god's will, why should we interfere? That seems to be our governing leaders response

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Cutting off their noses to spite their own faces.

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I sincerely hope that this is an exaggeration. If it is not it's a travesty and stupid.

There is some truth to the charges that both sides exaggerate and push out rabble-rousing statements.

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I expect that many foreign doctors are working in hospitals treating Covid 19 patients. Trump is doing his best to sabotage our response to the virus. Is he working for Putin?

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So, knowing drump, I expect mass deportations by next Tuesday......

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More proof that me the president doesn't care about us and like to rattle his saber to get attention.

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It is saddeningly amazing how destructive and hurtful Trump decisions to\end to be.

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