President Trump’s executive order on immigration has already had dramatic effects, and promises many more.
Health care relies heavily on visa-holders: As many as 25 percent of physicians practicing in the US were born in another country.
But thousands of scientists, students, trainees, and even patients are likewise reliant on visas to work, study, and receive health care in the US.
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