The number of foreign medical graduates from Muslim-majority countries coming to the United States to become doctors has declined by 15 percent under the Trump
International medical graduates represent about a quarter of practicing doctors in the United States. They are required to take several licensing exams and then complete two or three years of training to practice medicine in the United States.
A small drop occurred in 2016, the year in which Trump was elected but his predecessor Barack Obama was still in office, before hastening in 2017 and 2018. The study appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association and was led John Boulet, vice president of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates that oversees the certification process.
They added:"Even a perceived immigration ban could affect who chooses to complete the requirements for... certification" while potential difficulty obtaining a visa could dissuade the program directors of medical residencies from making a job offer.
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