Amazon Warehouse workers lose their jobs after repression about Trump immigration

Daphne Poto, Haitian, who came to the US in 2023, started working Amazon Last year at the return center in Indianapolis. Packing the boxes, she met her husband Christopher Vincent, who was on the spot known as Ind8 since 2013.

Last month the stream contacted the Home Security Department after Trump administration disassembled Humanitarian immigration programs that allowed participants to live and legally work in the US for two years, applying for permanent status.

DHS notice reported Poteau that its parole is stopped. The last day in Amazon was June 28. It is part of a group of work canceled The Parole Program, which was created during the Biden Administration.

While Poto tries to provide husband and wife, her future in the US is uncertain. She and Vincent, who of the Indiana, said they were concerned that they could afford rent and expensive immigration fees.

“We accept this once at a time, but it leaves me to emphasize that they will come and try to get it, although the court has a shelter,” Vincent said in an interview.

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

Poto and her abolished staff were protected as part of the programs provided by Haitian, Cubans, Nicaraguan and Venezuelans temporary legal status in the United States, many Ind8 staff are Haitian, a large enough contingent, which some morning staff meetings are transferred to Creola, Vincent said.

Last month, Amazon began asking employees who came to the US as part of Baden’s era to provide updated work permits in a certain period of time, or they will be put on an unpaid vacation, according to CNBC documents.

Several workers who talked to CNBC said they were fired at the end of June after they were unable to get new work permits.

Amazon refused to say how many employees were released after the change in immigration policy, but the press -secretary Richard Rosha said the company had been prepared for potential impact on personnel provision due to changes in work authorization programs, and made adjustments to comply with the law.

“We support employees who have suffered from recent government changes in immigration policy,” Rosh said in a statement. “Over the past few months, we have been in regular communication with these employees about changes and guarantee that they know about all available resources.”

The company influenced information about where to find free or inexpensive legal services, access to counseling support and other resources, Rosha said.

Press -Secretary of DHS showed on An ad agency’s announcement termination of the humanitarian program of parole.

As part of the broad repression of the Trump administration administration, not only the Humanitarian Parole Program eliminated. It also ended with separate programs that provided the temporary protected status of Venezuelans, Haitians, Nicaraguan and Honduran seeching asylum in their home countries affected by armed conflicts and humanitarian crises. Last week federal judge manage Trump administration cannot withdraw the temporary protected status either TPS, Haitian migrants. The White House said he would appeal the ruling.

Amazon is far from being alone. Other companies including Walmart and Dysne were forced to dismiss employees or put them on vacation to fulfill federal policy changes.

Only among private employers in the US Walmart Has a bigger work force than Amazon. Most of the e -commerce giant 1.56 million employees On the world scale focused in its warehouses.

Stops started just as Amazon is preparing for its annual Major day Blitz discount that started on Tuesday and lasts four days. The event is usually one of the most lively periods of the year for Amazon employees and delivery staff as well as the holiday trade season.

Amazon counted on immigrants to meet most of their personnel needs. In 2022The company set a goal to hire 5,000 refugees and other forcibly displaced people by the end of 2024.

While Trump’s policy creates a challenge for major employers such as Amazon, real destruction is experienced by immigrant workers. Those who are now unemployed and lack documentation are more at risk of targeting deportation if they cannot provide an alternative form of legal status.

Christopher Lubin, a staff member in Delaware, lost work in the company on June 27, the day before the Poto received a message.

“We have done everything legally in this country,” said Lubin, 24, which is also from Haiti. “We haven’t done fraud. We go to school, we work and pay taxes.”

DHS stated that this was the recall of the defense of Haiti citizens after the secretary’s examination, Christie Noah, determined: “The country’s conditions have improved to the fact that the Haitians could return home.”

The US provided TPS for Haiti citizens after a catastrophic earthquake in 2008, which destroyed most of the country’s infrastructure. In 2024, the designation of TPS was extended until February 2026, since the country faced “rapidly worsening security, human rights and humanitarian”, according to the terms The United Nations Human Rights Council.

Armed gangs control the majority of Port-Prince, and violence has spread over the capital in recent months. About 10 people from Haiti lost their jobs in the Amazon Warehouse in Spoken, Washington, after DHS withdrew the TPS program, said Katya Yasmin, CEO Creole Resources, which provides support for Haitian immigrants in the region.

Serge, who asked his full name to get rid of the fear of being aimed at deportation, came to the United States with Haiti almost two years ago and provided work in Spokov -composition as a package. Serge said the situation in Haiti was terrible and it remains dangerous, Serge said.

“I witnessed violence and injuries, including the loss of killed family members,” Serge said. “Others were moved from their homes and now homeless. I was genuinely afraid for my life.”

In despair, he said he was looking for a safer future and provided a sponsor that allowed him to legally come to the United States. Serge is “unfair” that Haitians are instructed to return to their country when he suffers from violence.

“We are not just recipients of economic support,” he said. “We also participated that help manage the economy.”

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