House Subcommittee Approves Legislation for Increased Foreign Nurses in U.S. Print E-mail
Written by NurseKeith   
Saturday, 02 August 2008
A special subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives has approved legislation to increase the number of green cards available for foreign nurses to work in the U.S.

The Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Subcommittee approved HR 5924, legislation which will allow for 20,000 visas per year for nurses from other countries to work in the United States. The bill will also provide funding for U.S. nursing schools to initiate new recruitment and training programs in the face of the growing nursing shortage. 

According to an article on the wesbite, CQ Politics, there are more than 115,000 vacancies for hospital nurses, and an expected shortage of one million nurses is expected by the year 2020. 

One Democrat, Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, opposed the measure due to his concerns over long-range plans for immigration legislation that could be "undermined" by this current legislation.

The bill will also allow "unused green card allotments" to be rolled over, paving the way for increased green card availability for workers needed for crucial areas of the workforce.  

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NurseKeith is a consultant, nurse, writer and blogger. Please feel free to visit his blog, Digital Doorway .  

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