SCOOP: USCIS Cracks Open a Long-Closed Door for Foreign Nurses

A federal approval buried in the Friday Federal Register could reshape how tens of thousands of internationally trained nurses enter the American health care workforce.

WASHINGTON — For the tens of thousands of foreign-trained nurses trying to work their way into the American health care system, getting to the starting line has long meant passing through a bottleneck so tight it felt like a closed fist.

That changed last Friday.