Why the US has so many Filipino nurses
Filipino nurses have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in the US. That’s because they make up an outsized portion of the nursing workforce. About one-third of all foreign-born nurses in the US are Filipino.
Video Highlights
- 00:43 The American colonization and its Benevolent Assimilation policy
- 02:27 The Second World War and the increased demand for healthcare workers
- 03:08 After the Second World War and the shortage of nurses
- 03:25 Enacting the Non Immigrant Visitors for Business program to attract foreign nurses
- 03:58 10,000 nurses, driven by low wages, leave the Philippines
- 05:13 America in the 60’s and the increasing demand for nurses
- 06:02 The Immigration and Nationality act as a permanent migration route for Filipinos
- 07:35 Martial Law and the worsening economy held together by foreign remittances
- 08:48 The American demand driving the supply of Filipino nurses
- 09:20 Nurses in critical care dealing with the Coronovirus