The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Health Care Workforce Authors: Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga Published: Jun 18, 2026

https://www.kff.org/immigrant-health/the-role-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s-health-care-workforce/ The Trump administration has made policy changes to restrict immigration into the U.S., including efforts to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for many countries, pauses and restrictions on the issuance of new visas, and significantly increased immigration enforcement. These actions could have negative implications for the U.S. workforce, which includes significant shares of immigrant workers, particularly in certain industries including health care. Immigrant workers include naturalized citizens as well as noncitizens, including lawfully present and undocumented immigrants.