00:00In the quiet town of Cactus, Texas, ICN migrants like Nicole and Ideno Mentor are facing a new wave of fear and uncertainty.
00:09Both work long hours at JBS meatpacking plant, home to 3,700 workers, many of them immigrants.
00:19CBP-1 has sent out a message to everyone in this program to live within the next seven days.
00:24If I don't do so, they will deport me or I will have to pay the fine. I don't commit crimes when I come into this country.
00:33The Biden-era immigration parole program allowed hundreds of thousands from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter legally.
00:43But recent actions under Donald Trump's renewed crackdown have thrown those protections into question.
00:48I don't steal, I pay my bills, I follow all the rules, I respect the laws of this country, but I don't commit any crimes.
00:59But they are planning to take away my work permit.
01:07Although a federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of deportation notices,
01:12many like Nicole still live in fear of losing their jobs, homes and work permits.
01:18You would consider going back to Haiti. The country is currently in a bad situation.
01:25You can't make a decision. You have no choice. You have no idea what you should do.
01:33For these workers, the uncertainty is not just legal, it's existential.
01:38With no clear path forward and no safe way back, their futures hang in limbo.
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