Overview

• The Walt Disney Company has placed approximately 45 Venezuelan employees in Florida on 30-day unpaid leave due to the loss of Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
• The employees face termination if they cannot secure new work authorization by the end of the 30-day period.
• The Supreme Court recently ruled to lift an injunction, allowing the Trump administration to revoke TPS protections for Venezuelans and proceed with deportations.
• TPS, established in the 1990s, grants work permits and deportation protection to nationals from unsafe countries; Venezuelans were added under the Biden administration in 2021.
• Critics argue the termination of TPS for Venezuelans is unprecedented and may be influenced by negative stereotypes, as noted in earlier legal challenges.