Walmart Cuts Some Florida Jobs After Immigration Rulings

Walmart Inc. is terminating some jobs in Florida following recent Supreme Court rulings about legal residency of migrants, the latest sign that such orders are hitting US workplaces.

The company has told employees in at least two stores in the state that they would lose jobs if they don’t get new work authorizations, said people familiar with the matter.

The exact number of job cuts couldn’t be learned.

The terminations are connected to I-9 forms that US employers use to check the identity and employment authorization of staff, the people said.

A company spokeswoman declined to comment.

Walmart is among US companies responding to recent rulings by the Supreme Court that are expected to affect hundreds of thousands of migrants. The court ended legal protections for as many as half a million people from countries including Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Walt Disney Co. in recent weeks notified Florida-based employees who are losing temporary legal residency in the US that their jobs would be terminated.

Walmart, the biggest retailer in the world, has about 4,600 stores in the US with each location typically employing a few hundred employees. Most of its 1.6 million US workers are hourly store employees.