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  • Press Release

    AAMC Statement on President Biden’s Actions on Immigration

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    John Buarotti, Sr. Public Relations Specialist

    AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement on executive actions and forthcoming immigration legislation from the Biden administration that address several immigration policies, including travel restrictions on individuals from predominantly Muslim countries and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

    “The AAMC is pleased to see the new administration prioritize a balanced approach to immigration and citizenship policy by taking action to roll back nationality-based travel restrictions, preserve DACA, and propose legislation that would among other things provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers.

    The executive actions and legislation help to recognize the role that health professionals from other countries play in safeguarding our nation’s health and well-being and increasing the diversity of the nation’s health care and scientific workforce. Additionally, the legislation he plans to send to Congress would provide a path to citizenship for the approximately 30,000 health care workers and support staff who depend on DACA for their authorization to work in the United States to continue to provide care to millions of patients across the country as the COVID-19 pandemic persists.

    The AAMC looks forward to working with the Biden-Harris administration and Congress on a balanced approach to immigration and citizenship policy that attracts and retains individuals who want to contribute to improving the health of our nation and people everywhere."


    The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) is a nonprofit association dedicated to improving the health of people everywhere through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations. Its members are all 158 U.S. medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education; 13 accredited Canadian medical schools; approximately 400 academic health systems and teaching hospitals, including Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and more than 70 academic societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC leads and serves America’s medical schools, academic health systems and teaching hospitals, and the millions of individuals across academic medicine, including more than 193,000 full-time faculty members, 96,000 medical students, 153,000 resident physicians, and 60,000 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences. Following a 2022 merger, the Alliance of Academic Health Centers and the Alliance of Academic Health Centers International broadened participation in the AAMC by U.S. and international academic health centers.