Registered nurse Shane Tyson was done with the U.S.<\/p>\n
He was working in Minnesota at the not-for-profit Mayo Clinic Health System and the Olmsted Medical Center. But in 2025, Tyson says he became increasingly concerned about the deterioration of health care, as well as tighter immigration enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then ICE agents arrested a patient as they were leaving a primary care appointment where he worked, Tyson says.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was definitely a wake-up call,” he said. “And I am married to a U.S. permanent resident that was born in Bolivia \u2026 and it scared the crap out of me for him and for the others in that situation,\u201d Tyson told Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC\u2019s White Coat, Black Art<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Tyson says he\u2019d been noticing Facebook ads from provincial recruitment service HealthMatch BC<\/a>.The more he researched, the more he contemplated a move north. So he registered, got interviews with two B.C. health authorities, and received two job offers within a week.<\/p>\n Tyson is one of many health-care professionals making the move from the U.S. With shortages of nurses<\/a>, physicians<\/a> and other health workers, some provinces are actively recruiting U.S. health-care professionals\u2014 and they\u2019re getting results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Registered nurse Shane Tyson was done with the U.S.<\/p>\n He was working in Minnesota at the not-for-profit Mayo Clinic Health System and the Olmsted Medical Center. But in 2025, Tyson says he became increasingly concerned about the deterioration of health care, as well as tighter immigration enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then ICE agents arrested a patient as they were leaving a primary care appointment where he worked, Tyson says.<\/p>\n