Trump's purge of foreign workers arrives at Amazon's warehouses
Frantzdy Jerome, a Haitian immigrant in central Ohio, received shoutout after shoutout for his work at an Amazon warehouse he joined last year.
In March, his manager commended him in a message for his “reliability, hard work and dedication to our team.”
“Thank you for your flexibility and picking up the extra shifts,” read another message, on June 7.
Two weeks later, Jerome, 35, lost his job. His work authorization was revoked in late June after the Trump administration ended a Biden-era program that allowed him to live and work legally in the United States. Hundreds of others at the same Amazon building in West Jefferson, which employs more than 3,700 people, also lost their jobs.
They are among thousands of foreign workers across the country who have been swept up in a quiet purge, pushed out of jobs in places where their labor was in high demand and at times won high praise. While raids to nab workers in the country without legal permission in fields and Home Depot parking lots have grabbed attention, the job dismissals at the Amazon warehouse are part of the Trump administration’s effort to thin the ranks of immigrants who had legal authorization to work.
“This is not unique to Amazon,” said Viles Dorsainvil, a Haitian community leader in nearby Springfield. He is aware of more than 100 Haitians with work authorizations who are now out of work in the area, he said, with the terminations reducing workforces in warehouses, auto-parts plants and stores.
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