Doing (more) jobs Americans won’t do ??
The article says there was a shortage.
They certainly don’t stay in the job long. My supervisor in a technical firm was an LVN. You bet your sweet bedpan.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6OLUPSHyE
It’s the same thing that happened years ago to manufacturing in the US and the blue collar jobs. Today, it’s simply the white collar jobs that are targeted in the US itself.
I use to work as a PM at a major IT firm and I saw this first hand. It’s a big game where business knows the rules (which they helped write) and as long as they go through certain motions they can import engineers, nurses, PhDs, MDs, programmers etc at a rate ~ $15,000 per year, per person below hiring an American. Today, we are bringing thousands under the guise that there are no Americans willing to do the job or that there is a lack in technical skills, but this is all a lie. It’s merely a game where these businesses know what they have to do and say to appear as if they tried hiring and finding qualified people in the US. This, all while they actually don’t want to hire anyone and then fall back onto bringing someone into the US that not only makes a lot less, but also will lose his ability to stay here if he screws up or isn’t willing to do “whatever” they want (he’s a near slave to his employer). This is merely a bottom line driven issue where a substitute labor supply is used that targets the white collar professionals.
One thing the article doesn't mention: when the boom came and populations doubled in Williston and increased significantly in Minot, there were also medical staff who were retiring because of the looming ACA (AKA Obamacare). So, in a way, for medical facilities there was a double whammy.
BTW, decades ago when I was born, the attending physician was from the Philippines. He remained in practice within 100 miles of DC for the rest of his life, and was my physician as a young man as well (before I moved west). He was an excellent doctor.
As for the current trend, it sure beats having understaffed hospitals and clinics.