特朗普政府推进的移民打击措施已获最高法院支持，涉及结束海地和叙利亚移民的临时保护身份(TPS)。最高法院上月的这一决定涉及35万海地人和6000名叙利亚人，并可能适用于来自17个国家的更广泛的130万人。[1]这一政策变化正在对美国的护理行业造成直接冲击。
居家护理员中三分之一是移民，而护理机构的劳动力约75%为移民。[1]多家护理服务机构已开始为失去大量工作人员做准备。Jewish Community Services of South Florida已解雇了18名持有TPS身份的护工，The Arc Rockland也预计将失去19名有TPS身份的护工。[1]这些变化直接威胁到数以千计依赖海地护工的美国老年人和残障人士获得护理服务的连续性。在纽约皇后区，护工Martha Nelson已照顾91岁的Solange French近3年。[1]面对这一不确定的局势，护理机构和家庭正为潜在的服务中断做出准备。
The Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign has intensified following Supreme Court approval last month to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Haitian immigrants and 6,000 Syrian nationals [1]. The decision potentially extends to a broader population of 1.3 million people from seventeen countries [1], creating significant disruption in the U.S. caregiving sector where immigrants form a critical workforce.
The impact on elder and disability care services is already becoming evident. Immigrant workers comprise roughly one-third of home-based caregivers and approximately 75 percent of facility labor forces [1]. Martha Nelson, a caregiver in Queens, New York, has provided nearly three years of care to 91-year-old Solange French, representing the personal relationships at risk [1]. Care organizations are bracing for substantial staffing losses: Jewish Community Services of South Florida has already terminated eighteen TPS-status caregivers, while The Arc Rockland anticipates losing nineteen [1]. These workforce reductions threaten continuity of care for vulnerable populations who depend on stable, long-term caregiving arrangements. The Department of Homeland Security marked the policy shift by quoting a 1998 song lyric: "It's closing time, which means you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here" [1].