GE plant lays off immigrants after CHNV ends
At GE Appliances’ Louisville, Kentucky plant, nearly 150 immigrant workers—mostly Cubans protected under the CHNV parole program—were laid off in May after the Department of Homeland Security moved to terminate the program and the Supreme Court allowed the administration to proceed. The rescission of CHNV (affecting roughly 532,000 people) and subsequent DHS notices in June forced workers without alternate legal status to leave, leaving the 5,000-employee plant short-staffed, relying on overtime and ongoing training to maintain production.
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Immigrants laid off after legal immigration status revoked
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- Nearly 150 workers were laid off at GE Appliances’ Louisville plant in May after their CHNV parole protections were rescinded.
- GE’s Louisville facility employs about 5,000 people and produces roughly 2 million dishwashers per year; management reports continued staffing shortages and increased overtime.
- CHNV (the Biden-era parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans) protected about 532,000 people; DHS moved to end the program in March and began sending rescission notices in June after the Supreme Court allowed termination to proceed.