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Since 1960, 150,000 Filipino nurses have come to work in the US. It began with the US colonization of the Philippines under the guise of "benevolent assimilation" and has increased due to a series of US immigration policies. It has resulted in a pipeline that allows the US to draw nurses from the Philippines every time it faces a shortage.
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But there are factors pushing nurses out of the Philippines too. Check out the video below to learn about the push and pull factors and the history that led to the large presence of Filipino nurses in the US.
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<strong>Sources</strong>: 
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Why the US has so many Filipino nurses, Christina Thornell, June 30, 2020, <a href="https://www.vox.com/" class="news_link" title="Source" target="_blank">vox.com</a>
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The history that led to the large presence of Filipino nurses in the United States