Lawmakers to Immigration Agency: Let Docs on Visas Fight Virus

Republicans and Democrats are increasing pressure on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to let physicians working in the U.S. on visas treat Covid-19 patients at hospitals in need.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa), and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), along with 43 colleagues in both the House and Senate, sent a letter to USCIS on Wednesday urging the agency to waive restrictions that prevent doctors on certain employment-based visas from providing medical care at locations or in specialties other than those specifically approved for their immigration status.

The lawmakers’ plea is the latest voice to ...