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IMG “stealing jobs” backlash and defense of international physicians

March 25, 2026Conrad Fischer, Empress

Conrad Fischer, Empress, and others push back on claims that IMGs take American jobs, emphasizing workforce dependence on IMGs and calling the rhetoric xenophobic and racist.

I will not be engaging in this "IMGs are stealing American Jobs" nonsense.
Half the doctors in some states are IMGs and we are dependent on them.
Imagine thinking a bunch of doctors who not only did well in medical school but scored high on USMLEs, passed the OET, became ECFMG certified, and faced a bunch of racist morons like this at every turn haven’t earned their spots
Conrad Fischer
Empress
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