Washington, Oct. 2 -- Representative Adam Smith issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 1, 2026) - Today, Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) introduced the Immigrants in Nursing and Allied Health Act and the Internationally Trained Physicians Assistance Act, two bills to help immigrants enter the U.S. health care workforce and address the nation's growing shortage of health care providers. A 2022 study by the Migration Policy Institute found that 2.1 million college-educated immigrants are unemployed or underemployed, even as sectors like health care face mounting workforce shortages - including a projected shortfall of up to 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034, according to ...