Pooja Vora recently graduated with a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy where she pursued her interests in immigration, education, housing, and racial equity issues. Pooja is a founding member and past president of the McCourt Migration and Refugee Policy Initiative whose mission centers around highlighting and promoting evidence-based migration issues.

We discuss:

• The current healthcare shortages impacting the U.S. and how immigrants/refugees provide both short and long term solutions
• How COVID-19 exposed systematic vulnerabilities within visa policies, and what challenges still face the industry after reopening
• Immigration policies that would relieve shortage pressures and reduce processing times of qualified healthcare workers in underserved areas where they are most needed

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Article Links: Georgetown

Public Policy Review / Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to

Fight COVID: Immediate Answers - Georgetown Public Policy Review

(gppreview.com)

Georgetown

Public Policy Review / Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to

Fight COVID: The Longer Arc - Georgetown Public Policy Review (gppreview.com)