Doctors, nurses, caregivers, contractors, and support staff who serve our nation’s veterans could be put at risk for simply doing their jobs. Veterans who served this country honorably could face detention or deportation. And the fear this creates could drive skilled healthcare workers away at a time when veterans already face serious staffing shortages and long wait times for care.
This is personal. Alex Pretti, a VA nurse and U.S. citizen, dedicated his life to caring for veterans—neighbors, friends, and fellow Americans. Policies like this put people like Alex at risk for doing the work our veterans desperately need.
This isn’t about improving veteran services. It’s about advancing a mass detention and deportation agenda, even if it means harming veterans and the people who care for them.
The VA is one of the largest employers in the country, with nearly half a million workers providing critical health, rehabilitation, and benefits services. Turning that workforce into a surveillance list undermines trust, threatens access to care, and could put veterans at risk of losing the benefits they rely on.
