President Donald Trump’s promises to implement mass deportations and other potential changes to immigration policies could strain an already-understaffed health care workforce, making it harder for older adults and people with disabilities to receive care at home and in nursing facilities.
“It’s really hard to make predictions, but if deportation were to happen, as he describes, it would destroy our care economy — destroy it — and we have to fight against that,” said Jodi Reid, executive director at the California Alliance for Retired Americans, a nonprofit that organizes and advocates for older adults.
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