Posted on 12/12/2004 12:23:44 AM PST by nickcarraway
TWO congressmen Saturday urged the government to ask the United States to reconsider a policy to stop processing work permits for Filipino and other foreign nurses beginning Jan. 1 next year.
The labor and foreign affairs departments have to act fast and negotiate the opening of new labor markets for Filipino nurses and other overseas Filipino workers, said Representatives Roseller Barinaga (NPC, Zamboanga del Norte), chair of the House committee on labor and employment, and Lorna Silverio (Lakas, Bulacan), chair of the committee on interparliamentary relations and service.
A US state department bulletin said that starting Jan. 1, 2005, the US government will not be processing applications for work permits filed after January 2002. This means that the usual 60-day wait for approval could now drag on for years.
Barinaga said the US decision would have serious repercussions on the country, which has long been a major source of nurses for hospitals in the US, Canada and the Middle
"It's a major blow to the country which is known for producing highly-trained nurses. It's so sudden. We should have been given enough time to deal with it considering that many of our nurses have pending applications," he said.
Barinaga said the government should express to the US its "deep concern and objection to its policy," or ask that it exempt Filipino nurses from the restriction "since our local nurses are highly qualified to work in US hospitals."
....well supposedly....when all these fat a$$ed boomers start to retire....we're going to need tens of thousands more nurses. I would rather have highly educated LEGAL immigrants coming into the States than another country's riff-raff stroll over our borders ILLEGALLY.
....probably because some states are in such a rush to hop on the "illegal" bandwagon and fork over money to pay for ILLEGALS to get a college education...at the expense of US taxpayers, of course. If you're a US citizen, you're at the end of the line.
I agree with your post #30. Philli's are among the FEW peoples out there that still have a high opinion of the US...and are our friends....despite what political maneuvering may have happened in Philli over the last 10 years. They WANT to "be a part of the American Dream".
Thanks for clarifying that for me.
How did I miss that?
Now on to my next major blunder.
Ah, the Phillipines, providing the US with mail order brides and nurses since 1947.
Don't forget balut!
I sat with my mother in her room after she had knee replacement surgery. I was at UMass Med Center. She tolerated the surgery ok but started having chest discomfort. ( more like severe sharp pains and trouble breathing) I went to the nurses station and a nurse followed me back. She was Philippine nurse ( I think) and she asked my mother if she had a heart condition and was making small talk. I asked her to call the MD on duty ASAP. She looked at me and was slow to react. I went to the desk and got the charge nurse to summon the MD.
The MD walked in and told them all to get that bed out the door and to ICU. My mother had a blood clot moving and it was in her lung. They started meds and she made it through even after her confusion and brain involvement. This RN had no clue what could have been happening. She was poorly trained and clueless.
After they got her to ICU they tossed her from her private room and handed me a trash bag for her belongings. This was at midnight. Hospitals have become places where you need to take an advocate and guard. I hate to say it but many hospitals have become places where a family member needs to be on hand to protect their loved ones.
Thank goodness you were there!
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