52% of immigrant direct care workers access public benefits: Medicaid, food nutrition support, and cash assistance.
57% of immigrant direct care workers have been living in the U.S. for 10 years or longer.
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Robert Espinoza (he/him)
Executive Vice President of Policy
Robert Espinoza oversees PHI's national advocacy and public education division on the direct care workforce, and contributes vision and leadership to the organization's strategies.
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A new federal rule could deny permanent residency to immigrants who access certain public benefits, harming the direct care workforce. As the debate intensifies on this issue, here are five key facts to consider.
Source: PHI. 2018. Immigrants in the Direct Care Workforce: 2018 Update. Bronx, NY: PHI. 