Filipino Nurses New Yorks Frontliners 101 East

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An estimated 150,000 Filipino nurses work in the US, earning up to 30 times more than they could back home. • But at what cost? • Many nurses work long hours, some juggling multiple jobs to support their families. Others are exploited, intimidated and forced into indentured labour. • Now Filipino nurses are on the front lines of New York's COVID-19 crisis, some losing their lives as they battle to keep Americans alive. Meanwhile, the Philippines is facing a dire shortage of medical workers at this critical time. • 101 East investigates the price of chasing the American Dream. • Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe • Follow us on Twitter: / ajenglish • Find us on Facebook: / aljazeera • Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ • Footage credits: US National Archives; US Library of Congress (Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division); Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA. • “Were promises broken” and “A tale of access to influence”: From Newsday. © [2007] Newsday. All rights reserved. Used under license. • “Fair Ethical Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Nurses”: © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Used with permission.

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