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Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say

NC NewslineBy Shalina ChatlaniOctober 13, 2026

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As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an even larger proportion of physicians in many […]

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