Amazon warehouse workers lose jobs after Trump immigration crackdown

Dafni Bhutto, Haiti who came to the United States in 2023, began working for him Amazon Last year at the Revenue Center in Indianapolis. While filling the boxes, she met her husband Christopher Vincent, who was on the site, known as Ind8, since 2013.

Last month, the Ministry of Internal Security contacted Bhutto yet Trump administration Eliminate Human immigration programs that allowed participants to live and work legally in the United States for two years while applying for a permanent position.

I told a notice from DHS Pothau that the conditional release program has been terminated. Her last day in Amazon was on June 28. It is among a group of warehouse workers whose jobs have been eliminated since DHS Eliminate Conditional release program that was created during the Biden administration.

While Pothau tries to secure the husband’s visa, its future in the United States is not certain. She and Vincent, of Indiana, said they are concerned about the ability to withstand rental costs and expensive immigration fees.

“We take it one day at one time, but it can leave me tense that they will come and try to obtain it, although it suffers from a case of asylum hanging in court,” Vincent said in an interview.

Vincent said: “All we saw in the news shows that they no longer care about what the laws say,” Vincent said.

Vincent said that Bhutto and her extensive colleagues had been protected under the programs that provided highs, Cubans, Nicaragua and Venezuelan with a temporary legal status in the United States in the United States that many Inde8 employees are Haiti, a large group enough that translates some employees ’meetings in the morning into Criciol.

Amazon started last month to ask the employees who came to the United States under the Biden era program to submit an updated work permits within a specific time frame or will be placed on an unpaid vacation, according to the documents that CNBC deems.

Many workers who spoke to CNBC said they were rejected by Amazon in late June after they were unable to obtain new business licenses.

Amazon refused to specify the number of employees who were left to follow up on the immigration policy, but Richard Rocha spokeswoman said that the company that prepared for possible employment effects due to changes in work licensing programs, and made amendments compatible with the law.

“We support the employees affected by the recent changes of the government in the immigration policy,” Rocha said in a statement. “Over the past few months, we have been in regular contact with these employees on changes and we guarantee that they are aware of all available resources.”

Rocha said that the company had provided the company with employees affected by information about the location of finding free or low -cost legal services, and access to support and other resources.

A spokesman for the Ministry of National Security referred to An agency advertisement Ending the humanitarian human release program.

As part of the massive immigration campaign for the Trump administration, the Ministry of National Security has not only removed the humanitarian release program. He also finished separate programs that provided a temporary protected situation for Venezuelans, Haitians, Nicaragua and Hindorin who are looking for a shelter from their original countries, which have suffered from armed conflict and humanitarian crises. Last week, a federal judge Ruling The Trump administration cannot cancel the temporary protected situation, or TPS, for Haiti immigrants. The White House said it would appeal the ruling.

Amazon is far from alone. Other companies including Wal Mart and Disney They were forced to shoot employees or put them on vacation for compliance with changing federal policies.

Among private employers in the United States, only Wal Mart It has a larger labor force than Amazon. Most of the e -commerce giant 1.56 million employees It is concentrated globally in warehouse operations.

The ends began just as Amazon was preparing for its annihilation Peak The opponent, which started on Tuesday and lasts four days. The event is usually one of the most crowded year in Amazon Warehouse and delivery staff, along with the holiday shopping season.

Amazon relied on migrants to meet a large part of the recruitment needs. In 2022The company set a target for employing 5,000 refugees and other forced individuals by the end of 2024.

While Trump’s policies create a challenge for older employers such as Amazon, the real destruction is felt by migrant workers. Those who now find themselves unemployed and lack the documents are more likely to target the deportation unless they can secure an alternative form of the legal situation.

Christopher Lubin, Amazon warehouse worker in Dilayer, was his job in the company on June 27, a day before receiving her notice.

“We have done everything legally in this country,” said Lubin, 24, who is also from Haiti. “We did not commit a fraud. We go to school, we work, and we pay taxes.”

The Ministry of National Security said that it was protecting the Haiti citizens after reviewing the Secretary of Secretary Christie sleep.

The United States was granted TPS to Haiti citizens after a catastrophic earthquake in 2008, which destroyed a lot of infrastructure in the country. In 2024, the TPS name was extended until February 2026, when the country faced a “rapidly security and human rights deterioration”, according to what it said. United Nations Human Rights Council.

Armed gangs have dominated the majority of Port or Prince, and violence has spread beyond the capital in recent months. Katia Yasmine, Executive Director of Creole Resources, who provides support for Haiti immigrants in the region, said about 10 members of Haiti lost their jobs in a warehouse from Amazon in Spokan, Washington, after the Ministry of National Security canceled the TPS program.

Serge, who asked to block his full name for fear of targeting the deportation, came to the United States from Haiti nearly two years ago and got a job in the Spokan warehouse as anker. Serge said the situation in Haiti was nice when he left and is still not safe today.

“I saw violence and shocks, including the loss of family members who were killed,” Serge said. “Others have been displaced from their homes and are now homeless. I am really afraid of my life.”

In despair, he said he sought a safer future and obtained a shepherd that allowed him to come to the United States legally. Serge said that it is “not fair” that the hallitis now be commanded to return to their homeland when he suffers from violence.

“We are not only recipients for economic support,” he said. “We are also contributors helping to lead the economy.”

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