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College offering nursing courses to migrants and asylum-seekers in California

S AN DIEGO ( Border Report ) — Migrants and asylum-seekers can become certified nursing assistants at no cost at the San Diego College of Continuing Education.

The instruction is being offered at the Cesar Chavez Campus in Barrio Logan, not too far from downtown San Diego.

“We’re the non-credit division, we don’t give out degrees, but we have several certifications and nursing assistant is just one of them,” said Kenny Parker, a professor in the nursing department.

Parker says anyone is welcome to take the classes, especially migrants and asylum-seekers who may have been in the medical field in their home countries.

“We’ve had students come from other countries as doctors, nurses, but they just don’t know what the standards are in California, so they come to our nursing assistant program and they learn the standards and requirements by the California Department of Public Health,” he said.

The school, which is part of the San Diego Community College District, also offers English classes to help students better understand their nursing courses and other classes.

“If they are looking for a nursing school in California, having a certified nursing assistant qualification means extra points on their application, so we help them get qualified,” Parker said. “Ninety-eight percent of our students go on to pass the state examination on their first try.”

Parker told Border Report he stays connected with former students via social media and an occasional phone call, and he says it’s always exciting to hear about their progress.

“I had one student who is now a nurse practitioner. I’m always glad to help them get their careers going.”

The nursing assistant program is free of charge for migrants and asylum-seekers.

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Where has the dirtiest air in the US? Report ranks cities with best and worst air quality.

A new report revealed concerning findings about America's air, but some cities are doing better than others.

As part of the report, the American Lung Association ranked the 10 best and worst metropolitan areas for air pollution. While the best cities are scattered all over the U.S., the West Coast saw some of the worst rankings.

The report looked at daily and annual fine particulate matter averages and ozone pollution regulated under the Clear Air Act. Nearly 2 in 5 Americans live in areas that had a failing grade for at least one air pollution measure, the report stated.

Read more: Report says U.S. air pollution worst in 25 years as new environmental regulations finalized

“We're seeing the most days and the ‘very unhealthy’ or ‘hazardous’ air quality level due to spikes in particle pollution,” Paul Billings, ALA ’s senior vice president of public policy, told USA TODAY.

'No safe level to particle pollution'

The below rankings focus on fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5, which created when things are burned. It can cause asthma attacks, strokes and a litany of long term health problems.

“There is no safe level to particle pollution,” Dr. Kari Nadeau, the John Rock professor of climate and population studies at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told USA TODAY. “We were not meant to breathe this in as humans.”

The pollutants increase the risk of cardiovascular problems such as heart failure and arrhythmia, as well as respiratory ailments such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Breathing in high levels of particulate matter in the long term has been linked to brain damage that puts people at higher risk of Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias.

Top ten US metro areas with worst air pollution: West Coast air gets bad marks

The western U.S. experienced the bulk of its pollution from roadways, agriculture, oil and gas industries and seemingly endless wildfires.

Bakersfield, Fresno and Visalia – hubs for agricultural production, shipping and warehouses where the population is predominantly Latino – make up the top five cities in each of the report’s measures for 24-hour particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ground-level ozone pollution.

Other metro areas included are: Eugene-Springfield, Oregon; Los Angeles-Long Beach; Sacramento-Roseville; Medford-Grants Pass, Oregon; Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona; and Fairbanks, Alaska.

Dangerous smoke: Where is wildfire smoke and air quality at its worst? Here's a map of the entire US.

Top ten US metro areas with least air pollution: Residents skew white

Some of the communities with the best air quality included Bangor, Maine; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Honolulu. Except for Honolulu, most of the cities with the best air quality were majority white.

Areas with the least amount of particulate matter pollution include: Casper, Wyoming, Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Duluth, Minnesota-Wisconsin; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Anchorage, Alaska; and St. George, Utah.