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riversedge

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10. Our local nursing home depends on a 3 immigrants--2 are certified nursing aides and

Reply to delisen (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 05:35 AM

Jun 19

their husbands work on the dairy farms. I heard they are and have been going through the process of becoming citizens--. But they are all afraid that ICE will pick them up. I fear for them--and their kids who have been in our public schools for years now.

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The immigrants caring for the nation's elderly are losing their jobs [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 18 OP

Time for another Amnesty program. Immigrant Path to Citizenship delisen Jun 18 #1

Our local nursing home depends on a 3 immigrants--2 are certified nursing aides and riversedge Jun 19 #10

Thee immigrants are worth fighting for. They are us. delisen Jun 19 #11

It's been 20 years, but I used to pray for immigrant staff when my FIL was in nursing home dying. They really cared Silent Type Jun 18 #2

And this is just the tip of the iceberg? ananda Jun 18 #3

You're right, of course, about SS and Medicare... slightlv Jun 18 #4

True. And loss of Medicaid affects everyone. ananda Jun 18 #6

And I think that's the point. slightlv Jun 18 #7

MAGA didn't think this through. North Coast Lawyer Jun 18 #5

Yippers... I think my mom had this in the back of her mind slightlv Jun 18 #8

The same will happen in the UK róisín_dubh Jun 18 #9

The conservatives also block assisted suicide. travelingthrulife Jun 19 #12