Overview

• Disney placed approximately 45 Venezuelan employees in Florida on 30-day unpaid leave starting May 20, 2025, citing compliance with immigration laws.
• The Supreme Court lifted a federal injunction on May 19, 2025, enabling the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans, affecting 350,000 individuals nationwide.
• Employees unable to provide updated work authorization by the end of the 30-day leave period will face termination, according to Disney's internal communication.
• TPS, established in the 1990s, provides work permits and deportation protections for nationals from unsafe countries, but the Trump administration argues its recent extensions were overly automatic and lacked justification.
• Legal challenges to the TPS revocation are ongoing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, leaving the future of affected Venezuelans uncertain.