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''Nursing Shortage Is Raising Worries on Patients' Care'' (front page, April
8) did not mention one obvious solution that could have an immediate effect:
immigration.
To the Editor:
Until 1995, there was a temporary visa category for nurses called the H-1A
visa that allowed health care employers to recruit foreign nurses. The visa
program worked quite well, but the program was allowed to expire as a result of
intense lobbying by nursing unions, which convinced members of Congress that
there was actually an excess supply of American nurses.
The H-1A visa program should be brought back on a permanent basis. This year,
legislation is likely to be introduced in Congress that would do just that. One
hopes that the unions complaining the most about double shifts will not stand in
the way.
GREGORY SISKIND
Cordova, Tenn., April 8, 2001
The
writer is an immigration lawyer.
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