Trump just stopped all of the J1 visas for 6,653 medical residents slated to start in the US July 1st

[live love laugh]

If the Administration does not go forward with this, we will see huge effects on healthcare and taxpayers will be affected.

Contact your lawmakers, the State Department and your doctors/AMA.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/

[Mossfern]

1. He wants to kill us all

Toddler tantrum

[live love laugh]

4. Our existing doctors are fleeing to Canada while medical payment systems

https://democraticunderground.com/10143468210

like Medicaid are being defunded affecting the remaining medical practitioners. The entire healthcare system is being destroyed.

[ananda]

16. It's as though they want to return to the good old days...

when rugged invividualism and social darwinism ruled
our lives.

Oh wait...

[rubbersole]

26. Get-er-dun!

[dchill]

7. The sooner everyone realizes that, the better.

I figured it out in 2017.

[nolabear]

2. Oh dear god.

We’re going to die in droves. No researchers, no educators, no doctors, no vaccines, no body
Autonomy, no protection against arrest and imprisonment, and on and on. You couldn’t get more abusive and cruel toward a country if you tried. We’re under siege by someone who shouldn’t be allowed to run a Taco Bell franchise.

[Irish_Dem]

3. If a foreign enemy did all this damage to our country we would drop nukes on them.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

5. Sad but true

[tinrobot]

10. Are there toilet-sized nukes?

Asking for a friend...

[Irish_Dem]

11. Maybe the military industrial complex can whip one up for us. 10K gold color of course.

[nolabear]

13. It would certainly be seen as hostile.

I was an Air Force kid when the Shah was in power, at a base where they trained Iranian pilots. Those kids and young men were so much like Americans—and then it was all taken away.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Yes we took it all for granted here in the US.

Now we see how easy it was to lose our democracy.

[hadEnuf]

28. Trump and the Republicans are the enemy.

Period.

[bdamomma]

32. I wish

all of his revenge and hate that he has for us would reverse on him. Really, he really deserves it.

I think if another country was going through the same thing he would be banished.

[Silent Type]

6. According to article and other articles, it appears he is haulting INTERVIEWS for foreign doctors until they revise

the vetting of social media. I guess if you are a white wing A-hole like trump, you are good. But if one ever spoke harshly of the MFer, they will be denied entry.

One article said anyone who has already received a visa will be allowed in. But who knows with these Nazis in power?

[Martin Eden]

36. "the vetting of social media"

I suspect that is not being confined to people outside the US, or just non-citizens.

Combined with data stolen from government computers by the Musk operatives, algorithms already in use, and AI, the surveillance state and the power it wields can evolve quickly.

[In It to Win It]

8. You give him an foot, he takes a mile

People had the perception that the border was out of control. That's it. They just wanted him to do something about the border.

Then he goes off and does other extra shit... just because he can.

[lostnfound]

17. People had that perception because they were GIVEN that perception, because it was useful propaganda

The extra stuff is probably also part of Project 2025

[malaise]

9. Well as a victim of the brain drain

after we train our nurses and doctors, this is actually good news for us.

[Ping Tung]

12. Who needs real doctors when we can count on Dr. Trump (drink Bleach) and Dr. Bobby Kennedy the Younger

with his frozen pharmacy of road kill?

[DENVERPOPS]

14. And yet he wants tons more H1B? visas

to staff up his golf courses and resorts..............

I don't know about anyone else, but here in Colorado, we are experiencing large numbers of Doctors and Nurses just calling it quits.
Covid strained them all beyond belief, and now Corporate Management is stressing them to the max.......and they are quitting and retiring in mass........

And now due to medicare, medicaid cuts by Trump and his merry band of Criminal Politicians, and Republican sycophants, health care is being obliterated in RURAL America especially.................

[barbtries]

15. words fail

when i try to express how much i hate what this gawd forsaken administration is doing to my country and to the rest of the world.

[lostnfound]

19. 43,000 annual resident openings, if I found the right number -- so this is about 15% nt

[dhol82]

20. The J1 is only for foreign nationals.

This asshole just doesn’t stop.

[pnwmom]

21. That link is about all student VISAS, not medical student VISAS. Is this the link you meant to include? nt

[live love laugh]

22. No let me find the right one thanks.

[live love laugh]

29. The J1 visa is for students including medical residents so the article does apply.

From Google: the J-1 visa is a common pathway for international medical graduates (IMGs) to pursue residency training in the United States. IMGs seeking J-1 sponsorship for residency typically require a valid ECFMG Certificate, a signed contract with a residency program, and a Form DS-2019. The J-1 visa also has a two-year foreign residency requirement that can be waived under certain circumstances.

Key aspects of J-1 visas for medical residency:

Sponsorship:
J-1 visas are typically sponsored by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) for physicians.

Eligibility:
IMGs must have passed USMLE steps 1 and 2 CK (or equivalent) and have a valid ECFMG Certificate to be eligible for a J-1 visa, according to the American Medical Association.

Form DS-2019:
ECFMG issues a Form DS-2019, which is a Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) status.
Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement:
IMGs on J-1 visas may be subject to a two-year foreign residency requirement after completing their training in the US, according to Peng & Weber.

Waivers:
The two-year foreign residency requirement can be waived under certain circumstances, such as participating in the Conrad 30 Waiver Program (working in a shortage area) or having a waiver based on persecution.

Conrad 30:
The Conrad 30 program allows J-1 physicians to apply for a waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement if they work in a federally designated shortage area for three years, according to Psychiatry.org.

Maintaining J-1 Status:
J-1 physicians must maintain their valid visa status and comply with all requirements of the J-1 program, according to ECFMG.

[pnwmom]

34. Yes, medical residents are a subset of those visa holders. But I don't see the number 6653 medical residents.

Where did that come from? Or is 6653 the total number of visa holders, including medical residents and others?

[live love laugh]

35. ...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKPskxfRufD/?igsh=cWRmcTAwYWlsam1m

[Martin68]

23. A truly demonic move, denying good health care for hundreds of thousands.

[madaboutharry]

24. He is a madman.

All he wants to do is destroy things. He belongs in an institution for the criminally insane.

This is not hyperbole. It is a fact.

[bdamomma]

33. Let's

get a cell ready for him at Alcatraz. He deserves it.

[Marthe48]

25. He's making kim look good

N/t

[Festivito]

27. Putin has a smile on his face.

Krasnov has his eyes on a Moscow site for a Drumph building.

[JMCKUSICK]

30. These kind of decisions are the ones that

make the Hitler comparisons so apt. Along with USAID and the 4 year old girl etc....these prove the sadistic, murderous intent. There is no way he's not aware to the enth degree the impact of his decisions.

[Norrrm]

31. Obviously, we have plenty of doctors, now and in the future.

Obviously!

Something else that's obvious.....

[raccoon]

37. What a POS.