Walmart Fires Workers, Reviews Permits Over Immigration Ruling

Walmart Inc. is informing stores across the country to begin identifying workers whose work authorization may be expiring after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could revoke protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants.

The company is also terminating some workers in Florida and Texas who are losing temporary legal residency in the US after the ruling.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, employee authorization documents issued to nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela with a notation identifying their parole status are no longer valid for work authorization, according to a document viewed by Bloomberg News. {snip}

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Walmart is among US companies responding to recent rulings by the Supreme Court that are expected to affect hundreds of thousands of migrants. The court allowed the administration to end legal protections for as many as half a million people from countries including Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, who were allowed to legally enter the country during the Biden administration.

That decision followed an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court clearing the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for roughly 350,000 Venezuelans who have been allowed to live and work in the US under the Temporary Protected Status program.

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Walt Disney Co. in recent weeks notified Florida-based employees who are losing temporary legal residency in the US that their jobs would be terminated.

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