What role do immigrants play in the direct long-term care workforce?

What role do immigrants play in the direct long-term care workforce? 
KFF; by Priya Chidambaram and Drishti Pillai; 4/2/25 
President Trump has made a slew of immigration policy changes focused on restricting entry at the border and increasing interior enforcement efforts to support mass deportation. While these actions are focused on undocumented immigrants, they likely will have ripple effects across immigrants of all statuses and millions more people living in immigrant families. Mass deportations could negatively impact the U.S. economy and workforce, given the role immigrants play, particularly in certain industries. ...

• Immigrants make up 28% of the overall direct care workforce for LTC services.
• Immigrants play a particularly large role in the home care workforce, making up one in three workers (32%) in home care settings.
• Immigrants have made up an increasing share of the direct care LTC workforce over time.

Together the data show that immigrants comprise a large and growing role of the direct care workforce providing LTC services, particularly in home care settings. [Continue reading ...]