Today is #NationalDoctorsDay.
Terminating #DACA would remove 27,000 essential healthcare providers from the workforce when the country needs them the most.
Healthcare workers with DACA are on the frontlines of the fight against the #COVID19 pandemic. Here are their stories 👇
Terminating #DACA would remove 27,000 essential healthcare providers from the workforce when the country needs them the most.
Healthcare workers with DACA are on the frontlines of the fight against the #COVID19 pandemic. Here are their stories 👇
“Right now we are putting our own health on the line…This is my job—to help in emergencies like we are seeing now with #COVID19, which doesn’t discriminate who it infects.” — Jesus, a paramedic supporting his community in Houston, Texas by fulfilling his dream of saving lives.
“I am treating people suspected of having #COVID19, and all I’m asking is to stay in this country and provide that care." — Veronica, LA physical therapist and #DACA recipient usatoday.com/story/news/pol… #HomeIsHere
Meet Yazmin: a medical student, future surgeon, and #DACA recipient from New Mexico providing care to her community. Her future, and that of the communities she will serve, will be impacted by the Supreme Court's decision on DACA. Yazmin's #HomeIsHere.
Last week, a letter was filed with the Supreme Court to consider the ramifications of allowing the Trump Admin to terminate #DACA, which would result in removing nearly 30,000 DACA healthcare workers in the midst of a global pandemic. washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/… via @WashTimes
"At this perilous moment, stripping work permits from 27,000 health care workers would be catastrophic. It would jettison critical personnel from the American health care system at a time when it needs all hands on deck." slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
"The U.S. is not “prepared to fill the loss that would result if #DACA recipients were excluded from the health care workforce." sfchronicle.com/nation/article… via @sfchronicle
"The current national health emergency illustrates the Trump Admin’s failure to consider the impact of terminating #DACA on DACA recipients’ employers, state and local governments, and communities across the country." — @TheToddSchulte law360.com/health/article…
The Trump Administration should immediately extend work authorization and deportation protections for #DACA recipients so DACA healthcare workers can continue fighting #COVID19! #NationalDoctorsDay fwd.us/news/fwd-us-st…
"The public health care crisis throws into sharp relief #DACA recipients' important contributions to the country and the significant adverse consequences of eliminating their ability to live and work without fear of deportation." cnn.com/2020/03/27/pol… via @CNN #SCOTUS
Justices Urged to Consider Role of 'Dreamers' in Fighting Pandemic law.com/nationallawjou… via @lawdotcom #DACA #SCOTUS #HomeIsHere 
"Termination of #DACA during this national emergency would be catastrophic...to ensure health security, the country needs a robust health workforce. Rescinding DACA would deprive the public of domestically educated...qualified health care professionals." nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/…
"That would be catastrophic, and not just for the dreamers themselves, young people in their 20s and 30s who have grown up here. It would also be catastrophic for the United States." washingtonpost.com/opinions/thous… #HomeIsHere #DACA #SCOTUS
