TMI Show Ep 179: “No Place for Mom”

TMI Show Ep 179: “No Place for Mom”

You’ve heard the ads about senior care: let’s find “a place for mom.” If ICE and Border Patrol get their way, mom, grandma and grandpa might still have a place. But there might not be anyone to bring them food or water.

Today on “The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan,” a look at Trump’s assault on America’s nursing homes. Trump’s immigration crackdown is hurting long-term care facilities already desperate for workers. Nursing homes, reliant on foreign-born staff, are reeling because Trump’s policies are revoking legal statuses like Temporary Protected Status, forcing workers to flee. The worker pipeline is drying up, as previously-legal employees now face deportation. What to do? Immigrants make up over a quarter of the 4 million direct care workers. Baby Boomers are aging, so demand for caregivers is skyrocketing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 820,000 new caregiving jobs by 2032, but Trump’s visa restrictions and immigration slowdown are mean they’ll be impossible to fill. Facilities are still recovering from COVID-era staff losses, and now they’re losing ground again. Nurses are turning to countries like Canada and Germany for easier visas.

Plus:

Trump’s 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico spark fears of more trade wars.

Zelensky threatens deep strikes in Russia as U.S. sends even more weapons.

U.S. bans Mexican livestock imports over flesh-eating parasite.

Pepper the Florida Cat uncovers a new viral strain—again.

Federal judge halts Trump’s immigration sweeps in California.