Overview

• Disney has placed 45 Venezuelan employees in Florida on 30-day unpaid leave after the Supreme Court allowed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
• The workers must secure new work authorization within 30 days or face termination, as per Disney's compliance with federal immigration law.
• The Supreme Court decision permits the Trump administration to revoke TPS for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, initially granted under the Biden administration in 2021.
• Temporary Protected Status, created in the 1990s, allows nationals from unsafe countries to live and work in the U.S., but its status for Venezuelans is now in jeopardy.
• Approximately 360,000 TPS holders reside in Florida, with Venezuelans comprising about 60% of this group, many now at risk of deportation.