The film company announced that it will terminate the contracts of Venezuelan employees who are under the temporary protection regime
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported that it will lay off a group of employees in Florida who are currently under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), following a recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court. According to Bloomberg, Disney notified about 45 Venezuelan workers that they will be placed on a 30-day unpaid leave starting May 20. If they fail to obtain new work authorization within that period, their contracts will be terminated. This decision comes as a direct consequence of a Supreme Court ruling issued on Monday, which allows President Donald Trump's administration to revoke the protection status for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans residing in the country. The judicial measure removes a previous order from a lower court that had blocked the intention to end the immigration protections. Disney licenciará como mínimo a 45 empleados venezolanos Disney, in an email sent to the affected employees, stated it is evaluating the complexity of the case and assured that the granted leave includes the maintenance of benefits, in order to comply with immigration laws while solutions are found. The company noted that its human resources and legal teams are actively collaborating with the workers to support them during this uncertain process. A Disney spokesperson explained that the company is committed to the well-being of all its employees, especially those affected by changes in immigration policy. This stance underscores the company's intention to act responsibly while adjusting to legal requirements. The TPS status was created in the 1990s to protect citizens from countries considered unsafe to return to, allowing them to remain in the United States with valid work permits. La Corte Suprema habilitó a la administración Trump a revocar el estatus de protección temporal a alrededor de 350.000 venezolanos In 2021, the Joe Biden administration extended this protection to Venezuelans fleeing the economic and political crisis in their country, granting them temporary legal status in the country. The recent Supreme Court ruling allows the Trump administration (which has regained political strength ahead of the upcoming elections) to revoke this protection. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, argued in February that maintaining TPS for certain groups of Venezuelans did not serve the national interest. In March, Judge Edward Chen, of the Northern District of California, ruled in favor of temporarily maintaining the protections, considering that their abrupt end could be based on negative stereotypes. Kristi Noem criticó la aplicación del estatus de protección temporal para ciertos individuos During the Trump administration, despite having imposed severe sanctions on the Nicolás Maduro regime, TPS had not been granted to Venezuelans. However, in January 2021, the Deferred Enforced Departure program was created to prevent deportations for a limited period of 18 months, although this did not offer the same stability as TPS. Disney's decision is part of the broader impact that this TPS reversal will have on thousands of Venezuelan workers in the United States.
