The need for skilled workers is particularly acute in geriatric care and will only increase with the population of adults over 65 expected to grow 42% by 2050, notes Pringle. On top of the formal policies, some within the medical community believe that fear and uncertainty also will keep international talent away. 

"I think it’s going to be harder for people to trust the fact that they can come to this country and be able to stay and work here," said Dr. Brian Moreas, a physician in Boca Raton, Florida. "Other countries are actually economically starting to do better and it may be more lucrative." 

In The Conversation, Patrick Aguilar, Managing Director of Health at Washington University in St. Louis, delves deeper into how new visa fees could worsen doctor shortages in rural communities across the United States. Eram Alam, a Harvard professor with a forthcoming book on immigrants in health care, also writes on the subject in The Boston Globe. 

On the subject of solutions, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-New York), co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, writes in The New York Times that both parties should acknowledge their mistakes and forge a different way forward. 

"Democrats must concede that Donald Trump was right about the importance of securing the border," he writes. " ... But Republicans have to realize that the Trump administration risks squandering the progress it has made by conducting raids on workplaces and neighborhoods throughout the country." 

Suozzi points to the need to target cartels and for legislation to reform asylum, improve guest worker programs and enable longtime residents to earn legal status. "These reforms would also reduce cartel profits, stabilize labor markets and give employers greater certainty," he writes. 

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