King opposes lifting immigration cap for nurses
By Douglas Burns 9/12/08 8:39 AM

According to Right Side News.com, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is opposed to legislation Congress is expected to take up soon that would lift a cap on immigration of nurses and physical therapists to deal with a shortage. King is the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law.

[quote]H.R. 5924 addresses perceived worker shortages in nursing and therapy fields by lifting the cap on employment-based visas for physical therapists and nurses until 2011. Rep. King has also expressed opposition to this bill, arguing that it would only exacerbate a shortage of nurses in other countries. King has said that the nursing shortage in the United States can be attributed to a lack of teachers at the graduate nursing level, a problem that won’t be solved by “throwing money at it.â€